chronology

[ kruh-nol-uh-jee ]

noun

, plural chro·nol·o·gies.

1. the sequential order in which past events occur.
2. a statement of this order.
3. the science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates and historical order of past events.
4. a reference work organized according to the dates of events.

chronology

/ krəˈnɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the determination of the proper sequence of past events
2. the arrangement of dates, events, etc, in order of occurrence
3. a table or list of events arranged in order of occurrence

Derived Forms

• chroˈnologist, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chronology¹

First recorded in 1585–95; chrono- + -logy

Example Sentences

The Mandalorian debuted one year later, and even though the TV series is set 19 years after Solo in the Star Wars chronology, it depicts a world, or a galaxy, that doesn’t seem to have improved for droids.

From Nautilus

First off, we now have confirmation that this sequel once again puts RE players into a first-person perspective and that it follows the direct chronology of RE7.

From Ars Technica

With Version Control, even if you delete something or change it, there is a chronology to all of the changes that have been made — when a line of code was created, when it was edited — and you can roll back at any time.

From Search Engine Watch

Unlike other animals, we have minds capable of imagining a deep future, and we can conceive the daunting truth that our lifetime is a mere flash in an unfathomable chronology.

From MIT Technology Review

In the 1700s, geologist James Hutton showed how the chronology written into Scottish rocks extended millions of years into the past.

From MIT Technology Review

All of that material could weave through the game preparation chronology.

From The Daily Beast

And what McGrath is especially good at doing is painstakingly reconstructing the chronology.

From The Daily Beast

Geography, that is, trumped chronology in his notions of accuracy.

From The Daily Beast

According to the Aptitude Chronology report, she was also diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

From The Daily Beast

But Hermes also delivers on his stated objective, to carry out a broad-stroke chronology of "music made new" in '70s New York.

From The Daily Beast

According to Bible chronology, Adam was created some six thousand years ago.

From Project Gutenberg

And so the whole fabric of geological chronology vanishes into a mere unproved notion, based upon an if.

From Project Gutenberg

According to Moréri there were in his day seventy systems of chronology founded on the history dictated by God himself.

From Project Gutenberg

These fables lack chronology, and have no definite historical signification which can be made available.

From Project Gutenberg

In this connection the reader must be reminded that the chronology of the early period is still uncertain.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• age
• date
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• second
• space
• stage
• term