chronosemic

adjective

chrono·​se·​mic

: employing intervals of time with a fixed significance (as in a system of signaling) by exposing visual objects or sounding audible signals for selected intervals of time

Word History

Etymology

chron- + Greek sēma sign + English -ic

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