chronological
English
Etymology
From chrono- + -logical or chronology + -ical.
Adjective
chronological (comparative more chronological, superlative most chronological)
- Relating to time, or units of time.
- He is 67 in chronological age, but has the mind and body of someone 55.
- 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 alwayus 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.
- 8 November 2014, Kirsty Gunn in The Guardian, A Book of Death and Fish by Ian Stephen – review
Related terms
Translations
in order of time from the earliest to the latest
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References
“chronological” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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