"chronology" meaning in English

See chronology in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /krəˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chronology.wav [UK] Forms: chronology [singular], chronologies [plural]
Etymology: chrono- + -logy Head templates: {{noun|2=chronologies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Chronology is the science of finding out what events came in what order
    Sense id: simple-chronology-en-noun-RKk~4e9u
  2. Chronology is text or graphics that show what events happened in what order
    Sense id: simple-chronology-en-noun-0WnFVZVK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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