chronology

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The arrangement of events in the order they happened.

   The museum displays the artist's paintings in chronology, from his earliest sketches to his final works.

2. 2
   noun

   A record or list of events shown in time order.

   The book includes a detailed chronology of the war at the back.

3. 3
   noun

   The study of working out the dates and order of past events.

   Scholars rely on chronology to determine exactly when these ancient cities were built.

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.

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