Chronological means arranged in the order that things happened. Chronological order, a chronological account, in chronological sequence.
It is the default order for history and the least interesting one for storytelling, which is why so few films use it. Chronological age is a person's age in years, as against their developmental or biological age.
1adjectivechronologicalArranged in the order that things happened.
“The photos are arranged in chronological order, from his birth to his wedding.”
chronological is a quality.
Greek chronos, time, plus logos, an account.
Ancient Greek
χρόνος — time
New Latin
chronologia
English
chronology
English, today
chronological
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From chrono- + -logical. From chrono- + -logical or chronology + -ical. chronology comes from chrono- + -logy. From chrono + logy, after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (“time”) + λόγος (“reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.
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