syllepsis in English

noun
1
a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses (e.g., caught the train and a bad cold ) or to two others of which it grammatically suits only one (e.g., neither they nor it is working ).
Probably the most common type, however, is syllepsis , where a word is understood differently in relation to two or more other words which it modifies or governs.

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1. The novel employs geographical, thematic syllepsis to show a kind of Achronical unification, among events

2. Bloodnoun pickleworm ? pannus aniseikonia syllepsis anisocoria zeugma seiche hippus eustacy anacoluthon ? Dutch gold ormolu tombac oroide billon pinchbeck Prince Rupert's metal Mannheim gold skewing clinquant latten ? panopticon glabella quaquaversal zugzwang linn …

3. Genette’s Achronical structure is studied on the basis of “syllepsis (the fact of taking together) — temporal or other— to those an achronic groupings governed by one or another kinship (spatial, temporal, or other)” (Genette 85)