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krəˈnɒl ə dʒichronol·o·gy
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Princeton's WordNet
chronologynoun
an arrangement of events in time
chronologynoun
a record of events in the order of their occurrence
chronologynoun
the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events
Wiktionary
chronologynoun
the science of determining the order in which events occurred.
chronologynoun
an arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Chronologynoun
The science of computing and adjusting the periods of time; as the revolution of the sun and moon; and of computing time past, and referring each event to the proper year.
Etymology: χϱόνος, time, and λόγος, doctrine.
And the measure of the year not being so perfectly known to the ancients, rendered it very difficult for them to transmit a true chronology to succeeding ages. William Holder, on Time.
Where I allude to the customs of the Greeks, I believe I may be justified by the strictest chronology; though a poet is not obliged to the rules that confine an historian. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Chronology
Chronology (from Latin chronologia, from Ancient Greek χρόνος, chrónos, "time"; and -λογία, -logia) is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time. Consider, for example, the use of a timeline or sequence of events. It is also "the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events".Chronology is a part of periodization. It is also a part of the discipline of history including earth history, the earth sciences, and study of the geologic time scale.
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chronology
Chronology is the arrangement of events in the order of their occurrence in time, often in fields such as history, archaeology, and science. It can also refer to the study of these arrangements and the ability to determine the sequence and dates of past events.
Webster Dictionary
Chronologynoun
the science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates
Etymology: [Gr. ; time + discourse: cf. F. chronologie.]
Wikidata
Chronology
Chronology is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time, such as the use of a timeline or sequence of events. It is also "the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events". Chronology is part of periodization. It is also part of the discipline of history, including earth history, the earth sciences, and study of the geologic time scale.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chronology
kron-ol′o-ji, n. the science of time.—ns. Chronol′oger, Chronol′ogist.—adjs. Chronolog′ic, -al.—adv. Chronolog′ically. [Gr. chronos, time, logia, a discourse.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Chronology
Works consisting of lists of events arranged in chronological order.
Editors Contribution
chronology
A register of events in the order of the time the event occurs.
They created a chronology of his career in preparation for the sportsperson of the year award.
Submitted by MaryC on December 26, 2019
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Examples of chronology in a Sentence
Our work answers some existing questions but raises a new one. Which is wrong : the climate models, the atmosphere evolution models, or our basic understanding of inner solar system chronology ?
We all run on two clocks. One is the outside clock, which ticks away our decades and brings us ceaselessly to the dry season. The other is the inside clock, where you are your own timekeeper and determine your own chronology, your own internal weather and your own rate of living. Sometimes the inner clock runs itself out long before the outer one, and you see a dead man going through the motions of living.
History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning its two eyes are geography and chronology.
We suspected that there was a chronology to the northern Scandinavian gene pool, and it did indeed prove that a more recent influx of Uralic ancestry into Scandinavia define much of the northern gene pool, but if it is recent, it is comparatively so. For example, we know that this Uralic ancestry was present in northern Scandinavia as early as during the late Viking period.
We now are able to develop a chronology within the painting structure to tell a story about the artist’s developing style and possible influences.
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- تأريخ, تاريخArabic
- cronologiaCatalan, Valencian
- chronologieCzech
- kronologioEsperanto
- cronologíaSpanish
- chronologieFrench
- cronoloxíaGalician
- कालक्रमHindi
- tímasetning, tímatal, tímatalsfræðiIcelandic
- cronologiaItalian
- កាលប្បវត្តិវិទ្យាKhmer
- kronologiMalay
- cronologiaPortuguese
- cronologieRomanian
- хронологияRussian
- tidsordning, kronologi, ordningSwedish
- kronolojiTurkish
- 年表Chinese
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