Websters 1828 Dictionary
Anachronism ANACH'RONISM, n. [Gr. time.]
An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events are misplaced.
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)
anachronism n 1: something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred [syn: anachronism, mistiming, misdating] 2: an artifact that belongs to another time 3: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
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