Chronological

//ˌkɹɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to time, or units of time.

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

  2. 2
    In order of time from the earliest to the latest.

    "The live report lists all the events in chronological order."

  3. 3
    In order of time from the earliest to the latest.; Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.
Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or arranged according to temporal order wordnet

Example

More examples

"Please arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order."

Etymology

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

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