chronosome

chronosome n (Gr khronos, time + Gr soma, body; cf. chromosome) – a unit of historical heredity, in contrast with a chromosome as a unit of biological heredity; a mental code of a historical period that is transmitted to subsequent generations through styles, traditions, and “cultural air.”

Aus dem PreDictionary von Mikhail Epstein.

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  1. Armin Müller

    Werden mit dem Mikchronometer gemessen.

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