chronology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an arrangement of events in time
  2. noun a record of events in the order of their occurrence
  3. noun the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events

WordNet

Chro*nol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. time + discourse: cf. F. chronologie.
Wordforms
plural Chronologies
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913