Word Meanings - ANACHRONISTIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. T. Warton.

ANACHRONISM
A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
CONTAINMENT
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
ERRONEOUS
1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. "Erroneous circulation." Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman. 2. Misleading;
CONTAINANT
A container.
CONTAINABLE
Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
CONTAINER
One who, or that which, contains.
CONTAIN
1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
SELF-CONTAINED
Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.