chronology
/kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/US/kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
chronology noun: the science of determining the order in which events occurred.
Noun
chronology (countable and uncountable, plural chronologies)
- The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
- 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.
chronology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Arabic
chronology in Hindi
- determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
- कालक्रम विज्ञान kālakram vijñān, तैथिकी taithikī
- arrangement into chronological order
- कालक्रम kālakram, कालानुक्रम kālānukram, तैथिकी taithikī, घटनाक्रम ghaṭnākram, घटनावली ghaṭnāvlī, तारीख़नामा tārīxnāmā
chronology in Tamil
- கான்முறையியல், காலவரிசை, காலக்கோடு
chronology in Bengali
- determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
- কালনিরূপণবিদ্যা kalnirupnobidda
chronology in Arabic
- determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
- تَارِيخ tārīḵ
- arrangement into chronological order
- تَسَلْسُل زَمَنِيّ tasalsul zamaniyy
More languagesFewer languages
- chronology in Malay
- kronologi
- chronology in Indonesian
- kronologi
- chronology in Persian
- گاهشناسی gâhšenâsi
- chronology in Thai
- วิทยาการลำดับเวลา wít-tá-yaa-gaan-lam-dàp-wee-laa
- chronology in Vietnamese
- niên đại học
Examples of chronology in a sentence
- The mists of time have made the precise reckoning of chronology quite difficult.
- Table 10.1 shows the relative chronology of centum and satem entries to the west.
- Thus he projects humanlike consciousness into the deep, whalekind chronology that, Ishmael says, will outlast humankind's fated time.
Forms of chronology
| plural | chronologies |
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Origin of chronology
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.
Words formed from chronology
- acanthochronology
- astrochronology
- biochronology
- cementochronology
- chronologer
- 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
Questions about chronology
- What does chronology mean?
- Chronology means the science of determining the order in which events occurred.
- What is chronology in Hindi?
- Chronology in Hindi is कालक्रम विज्ञान (kālakram vijñān), तैथिकी (taithikī), कालक्रम (kālakram). See Chronology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chronology?
- Chronology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chronology?
- Chronology is pronounced /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chronology?
- The plural of chronology is chronologies.
Words near chronology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chronology (page history and authors); chronology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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