Chronicler
(Chron"i*cler) n. A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.
Such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Shak.
Chronique
(||Chro`nique") n. [F. See Chronicle.] A chronicle. L. Addison.
Chronogram
(Chron"o*gram) n. [Gr. time + writing, character: cf. F. chronogramme.]
1. An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added
together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus
in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum
1632.
2. The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
Chronogrammatic
(Chron`o*gram*mat"ic) Chronogrammatical
(Chron`o*gram*mat"ic*al) a. [Cf. F.
chronogrammatique.] Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.
Chronogrammatist
(Chron`o*gram"ma*tist) n. A writer of chronograms.
Chronograph
(Chron"o*graph) n. [Gr. time + -graph: cf. F. chronographe.]
1. An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper
moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.
2. Same as Chronogram, 1. [R.]
3. A chronoscope.
Chronographer
(Chro*nog"ra*pher) n. One who writes a chronography; a chronologer. Tooke.
Chronographic
(Chron`o*graph"ic) a. Of or pertaining to a chronograph.
Chronography
(Chro*nog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. . See Chronograph.] A description or record of past time; history.
[Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Chronologer
(Chro*nol"o*ger) n. Same as Chronologist.
Chronologic
(Chron`o*log"ic Chron`o*log"ic*al) a. Relating to chronology; containing an account of events
in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. — Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly,
adv.
Chronologist
(Chro*nol"o*gist Chro*nol"o*ger) , n. A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one
skilled in chronology.
That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided.
Locke.
THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December.
John Knox.
Chronology
(Chro*nol"o*gy) n.; pl. Chronologies [Gr. time + discourse: cf. F. chronologie.] The
science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or
transactions their proper dates.
If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid.
A.
Holmes.
Chronometer
(Chro*nom"e*ter) n. [Gr. time + -meter: cf. F. chronomètre.]
