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Chronology

//kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi// noun

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Noun

1
The science of determining the order in which events occurred. uncountable
2
the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events wordnet
3
An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements. countable
"The film's chronology is not entirely obvious, but can be worked out by the clothes the characters are wearing in the scenes."
4
a record of events in the order of their occurrence wordnet
5
an arrangement of events in time wordnet

Etymology

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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