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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (khronográphos, “chronicler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??n?????f/

Noun

chronograph (plural chronographs)

1. (obsolete) A chronogram.
2. A device which marks or records time or time intervals
3. A combination of watch and stopwatch

Related terms

• chronographic

Translations

Verb

chronograph (third-person singular simple present chronographs, present participle chronographing, simple past and past participle chronographed)

1. (firearms) To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile.

English

Etymology

From chrono- +? -logical or chronology +? -ical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??n??l?d???k?l/

Adjective

chronological (comparative more chronological, superlative most chronological)

1. Relating to time, or units of time.

   He is 67 in chronological age, but has the mind and body of someone 55.

2. In order of time from the earliest to the latest.
   • 8 November 2014, Kirsty Gunn in The Guardian, A Book of Death and Fish by Ian Stephen – review

     A Book of Death and Fish is about one Peter MacAulay, an unremarkable individual who has the sea and its promises always with him, experiencing the usual strains of growing up and growing old – the death of a friend, his parents, marriage and children – all set out in chronological order and divided into two books, Migration and Turbulence.

Related terms

• chronological age
• chronologically
• chronological order
• chronology
• chronicle, which see for more
• chronograph

Translations

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “chronological”, in Online Etymology Dictionary