chronography
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- noun
- /ˌkrɒnəˈɡrɑːfi/
- Specialized
:
cronografía
- Using chronography, scientists measured the timing of each phase of the experiment.
Examples
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The chronography of World War II helps historians understand how events unfolded over time.
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That is certainly only with regards to the easiest watches, absolutely no sub-dials as well as chronography.
Blog text (3) -
Chronography.
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Topography encodes chronography at the moment of representation.
Academic text (1996) -
In doing so, they joined a growing body of authors who were interested in the chronography of human history as a way to assert the primordial truth of Christianity.
Academic text (2018) -
Scholars use chronography to accurately record historical events in the order they occurred.
Synonyms
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Measuring and recording how time passes on clocks or watches
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A study of time and the making of clocks and watches
The study of measuring time very accurately using instruments like clocks
Surface Forms
Morphology
chronography = chrono + graphy
The meaning is built compositionally from classical forms meaning 'time' and 'writing/recording', but those forms are specialist bound morphemes rather than everyday English words.
Etymology
The word chronography comes from the parts chrono- meaning 'time' and -graphy meaning 'writing' or 'recording'. You can see chrono- in the familiar word chronology. So, chronography is like 'writing time' — recording or measuring events in order.