单词 | chronological |
释义 | chronologicaladj. 1. Of, belonging to, or in accordance with chronology; arranged in the order of time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adjective] > chronological or arranged in order of time chronological1614 datal1851 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxii. §11. 558 In the Chronologicall Table. 1644–52 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) vi. xii. 288 Gantz hath summed them all up in his chronological history. 1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) iii. 16 Settle in the mind a general chronological order and series of principal events. 1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 150 These moderns..dip into you, as into chronological tables, to know what happened before the flood. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 747 A chronological series of our classical poets. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 3 Attempts to determine the chronological order of the Platonic writings. 2. Relating to or dealing with chronology. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adjective] chronologic1614 chronographical1631 chronologicala1691 a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 616 (R.) Those so much desired chronological labours of the late worthy Bishop of Armagh. 1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 11 A mortal horror of chronological references. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 586 Pointing out the chronological impossibility of the tale. 1871 G. Hartwig Subterranean World i. 5 Every leading fossil has its fixed chronological character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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