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chronology. noun. /krəˈnɒlədʒi/. /krəˈnɑːlədʒi/. (plural chronologies) [uncountable, countable] the order in which a series of events happened; a list of these events in order. Historians seem to have confused the chronology of these events. a chronology of Mozart’s life.
chronology, any method used to order time and to place events in the sequence in which they occurred. The systems of chronology used to record human history, which are closely related to calendar systems, vary in scope, accuracy, and method according to the purpose, degree of sophistication, and skills of the peoples using them.
Chronology is the science of locating historical events in time. It relies mostly upon chronometry, which is also known as timekeeping, and historiography, which examines the writing of history and the use of historical methods.
A chronology is like a timeline: it tells what happened when. A chronology of your day would begin when you wake up and end when you go to sleep. Hopefully, something interesting happened in between. Khronos is the Greek word for "time" and that's where chronology comes from.
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHRONOLOGY. 1. a [noncount] : the order in which a series of events happened. We tried to reconstruct the chronology of the accident. b [count] : a record of the order in which a series of events happened. The book provides a chronology of the events leading up to the American Civil War.
May 16, 2024 · noun Word forms: plural chroˈnologies. 1. the science of measuring time in fixed periods and of dating events and epochs and arranging them in the order of occurrence. 2. the arrangement of events, dates, etc. in the order of occurrence. 3. a list or table of dates in their proper sequence.
adjective. us / ˌkrɑː.nəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.k ə l / uk / ˌkrɒn.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.k ə l / Add to word list. following the order in which a series of events happened: in chronological order Give me the dates in chronological order. The narrative line of the book is not chronological. The timeline shows the chronological development of the phenomenon. Fewer examples.
