chronology
English
editEtymology
editFrom chrono- (“relating to time”) + -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editchronology (countable and uncountable, plural chronologies)
- (uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
- (countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.
- The film's chronology is not entirely obvious, but can be worked out by the clothes the characters are wearing in the scenes.
Coordinate terms
editDerived terms
edit- astrochronology
- biochronology
- cementochronology
- chronologic
- chronological
- chronologically
- chronologicity
- chronologick
- chronologist
- chronologize
- cosmochronology
- dendrochronology
- geochronology
- glottochronology
- gyrochronology
- lepidochronology
- magnetochronology
- mensiochronology
- nucleocosmochronology
- palaeochronology
- paleochronology
- ptilochronology
- radiochronology
- sclerochronology
- skeletochronology
- synchronology
- tephrochronology
- thermochronology
- typochronology
Related terms
edit- chronicle, which see for more
- chronograph
Translations
editdetermining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
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arrangement into chronological order
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