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CHRONOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chronology" is a kind of...):
arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chronology"):
glottochronology (the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language)
Derivation:
chronological (relating to or arranged according to temporal order)
chronologize (establish the order in time of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A record of events in the order of their occurrence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chronology" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chronology"):
timeline (a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom))
Derivation:
chronological (relating to or arranged according to temporal order)
chronologize (establish the order in time of something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An arrangement of events in time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("chronology" is a kind of...):
temporal relation (a relation involving time)
Derivation:
chronological (relating to or arranged according to temporal order)
chronologize (establish the order in time of something)
