Meaning & use
Chronography
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The description or recording of events in the order in which they occurred; also, the technique of accurately measuring and recording time.
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The historian's chronography of the war years remains a valuable reference for scholars.
Early chronography relied on sundials and water clocks long before mechanical timepieces existed.
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Formed from Greek 'chronos' (time) and 'graphein' (to write); it's related to but distinct from 'chronology,' which is the arrangement of events by date rather than their written record.
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chroniclingtimekeeping
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