chronology

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Etymology

From 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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

chronology (countable and uncountable, plural chronologies)

1. (uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
2. (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

• horology

Derived terms

• 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

• chronicle, which see for more
• chronograph

Translations

determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)

Albanian: kronologjia f Arabic: تَارِيخ (ar) m (tārīḵ) Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (hy) (žamanakagrutʻyun) Azerbaijani: xronologiya Basque: kronologia Belarusian: хранало́гія f (xranalóhija) Bengali: কালনিরূপণবিদ্যা (kalnirupnobidda) Bulgarian: хроноло́гия (bg) f (hronológija) Catalan: cronologia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 年表 (zh) (niánbiǎo) Czech: chronologie (cs) f Danish: kronologi c Dutch: chronologie (nl) f Esperanto: kronologio Estonian: kronoloogia Finnish: kronologia (fi) French: chronologie (fr) f Galician: cronoloxía f Georgian: ქრონოლოგია (kronologia) German: Chronologie (de) f Greek: χρονολογία (el) f (chronología) Hebrew: כְרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (khronológya) Hindi: कालक्रम विज्ञान m (kālakram vijñān), तैथिकी (taithikī) Hungarian: kronológia (hu) Icelandic: tímatalsfræði f Ido: kronologio (io) Indonesian: kronologi (id) Irish: croineolaíocht f Italian: cronologia (it) f Japanese: 編年 (へんねん, hennen) Kazakh: уақытнама (uaqytnama), хронология (xronologiä) Khmer: កាលប្បវត្តិវិទ្យា (kaal prɑvŏət vicciə) Korean: 연대학(年代學) (yeondaehak), 년대학(年代學) (nyeondaehak) (North Korea) Kyrgyz: хронология (ky) (hronologiya) Latvian: hronoloģija f Lithuanian: chronologija f Macedonian: хронологија f (hronologija) Malay: kronologi Norwegian: Bokmål: kronologi m Nynorsk: kronologi m Persian: گاهشناسی (gâhšenâsi) Polish: chronologia (pl) f Portuguese: cronologia (pt) f Romanian: cronologie (ro) f Russian: хроноло́гия (ru) f (xronológija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хроноло̀гија f (Bosnia, Serbia), кроноло̀гија f (Croatia) Roman: hronològija f (Bosnia, Serbia), kronològija (sh) f (Croatia) Slovak: chronológia (sk) f Slovene: kronologija (sl) f Spanish: cronología (es) f Swedish: kronologi (sv) c Thai: วิทยาการลำดับเวลา (wít-tá-yaa-gaan-lam-dàp-wee-laa) Turkish: kronoloji (tr) Ukrainian: хроноло́гія (uk) f (xronolóhija) Uzbek: xronologiya (uz) Vietnamese: niên đại học (年代學) Welsh: amseryddiaeth f

arrangement into chronological order

Albanian: kronologjia f Arabic: تَسَلْسُل زَمَنِيّ (tasalsul zamaniyy) Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (hy) (žamanakagrutʻyun) Azerbaijani: xronologiya Basque: kronologia Belarusian: хранало́гія f (xranalóhija) Bulgarian: хроноло́гия (bg) f (hronológija) Catalan: cronologia (ca) f Czech: chronologie (cs) f Danish: kronologi c, kronologisk rækkefølge c Dutch: chronologie (nl) f, tijdsorde (nl) f, tijdrekenkunde f, tijdrekening (nl) f Estonian: kronoloogia Finnish: kronologia (fi) French: chronologie (fr) f Galician: cronoloxía f Georgian: ქრონოლოგია (kronologia) German: Chronologie (de) f, Zeitordnung f, Zeitmessung f, Zeitrechnung (de) f Greek: χρονολόγηση (el) f (chronológisi) Hebrew: כְרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (khronológya) Hindi: कालक्रम (hi) (kālakram), कालानुक्रम (hi) (kālānukram), तैथिकी (taithikī), घटनाक्रम (ghaṭnākram), घटनावली (ghaṭnāvlī), तारीख़नामा (tārīxnāmā) Hungarian: időrend (hu), kronológia (hu) Icelandic: tímatal n, tímasetning f Indonesian: kronologi (id) Irish: croineolaíocht f Italian: cronologia (it) f Japanese: 年表 (ja) (ねんぴょう, nenpyō) Kazakh: уақытнама (uaqytnama) Latvian: hronoloģija f Lithuanian: chronologija f Malay: kronologi Norwegian: Bokmål: kronologi m Nynorsk: kronologi m Polish: chronologia (pl) f Portuguese: cronologia (pt) f Romanian: cronologie (ro) f Russian: хроноло́гия (ru) f (xronológija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хроноло̀гија f (Bosnia, Serbia), кроноло̀гија f (Croatia) Roman: hronològija f (Bosnia, Serbia), kronològija (sh) f (Croatia) Slovak: chronológia (sk) f Slovene: kronologija (sl) f Spanish: cronología (es) f Swedish: kronologi (sv) c, kronologisk ordning (sv) c, tidsordning c Turkish: kronoloji (tr) Ukrainian: хроноло́гія (uk) f (xronolóhija) Welsh: amseryddiaeth f Yiddish: כראָנאָלאָגיע f (khronologye)

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