chronology

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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

chronology — noun 1) хронология 2) хронологическая таблица …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

chronology — 1> хронология (раздел истории) 2> хронология (событий) 3> хронологический указатель, хронологическая таблица …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

chronology — index calendar (record of yearly periods), journal, order (arrangement), register, time Burton s Legal Thesaurus. W …   Law dictionary

chronology — /kreuh nol euh jee/, n., pl. chronologies. 1. the sequential order in which past events occur. 2. a statement of this order. 3. the science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates and historical order of past events. 4. a… …   Universalium

Chronology — For other uses, see Chronology (disambiguation). For specific lists of events, see Timeline. Joseph Scaliger s De emendatione temporum (1583) began the modern science of chronology[1] Chronology (from Latin chronologia, from …   Wikipedia

Chronology —    Is the arrangement of facts and events in the order of time. The writers of the Bible themselves do not adopt any standard era according to which they date events. Sometimes the years are reckoned, e.g., from the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:1;… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

CHRONOLOGY —    Dating in ancient history remains uncertain and conjectural. It rests on a system of relative chronologies that take into consideration the stratigraphic sequence of archaeological sites, written sources appearing in such contexts, references… …   Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

Chronology —    The ancient Egyptian calendar consisted of a year of 360 days divided into the three seasons akhet (flood), peret (sowing) and shemu (harvest), plus five extra days at the end of the year. Each season was comprised of four months of 30 days… …   Ancient Egypt

chronology — noun (plural gies) Etymology: New Latin chronologia, from chron + logia logy Date: 1585 1. the science that deals with measuring time by regular divisions and that assigns to events their proper dates 2. a chronological table, list, or account …   New Collegiate Dictionary