the determination of the proper sequence of past events the arrangement of dates, events, etc, in order of occurrence a table or list of events arranged in order of occurrence
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chro•nol•o•gy /krəˈnɑlədʒi/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -gies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a table or list of the order in which things occur;
the order in which things occur:[countable]Give us a chronology of the events. - [uncountable] the science of arranging time in periods and figuring the dates and historical order of past events.
chro•nol•o•gy
(krə nol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies.
- the sequential order in which past events occur.
- a statement of this order.
- the science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates and historical order of past events.
- a reference work organized according to the dates of events.
- chrono- + -logy 1585–95
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