chronology

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events

3. 3
   noun

   a record of events in the order of their occurrence

4. 4
   noun

   an arrangement of events in time

5. 5
   noun

   The science of determining the order in which events occurred.

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.