- ge|o|chro|nol|o|gy
- ge|o|chro|nol|o|gy «JEE oh kruh NOL uh jee», noun.the science of determining the time or length of existence of geological formations such as rocks and minerals, and of geological periods.
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chro|nol|o|gy — «kruh NOL uh jee», noun, plural gies. 1. the science of measuring time and of determining the proper order and dates of events. 2. a table or list that gives the exact dates of events arranged in the order in which they happened. 3. a system of… … Useful english dictionary
chro|nol|o|ger — «kruh NOL uh juhr», noun. = chronologist. (Cf. ↑chronologist) … Useful english dictionary
chro|nol|o|gist — «kruh NOL uh jihst», noun. an expert in chronology; chronologer … Useful english dictionary
chro|nol|o|gize — «kruh NOL uh jyz», transitive verb, gized, giz|ing. to arrange chronologically … Useful english dictionary
den|dro|chro|nol|o|gy — «DEHN droh kruh NOL uh jee», noun. the study of tree rings as a means of establishing dates and environmental conditions in the past … Useful english dictionary
glot|to|chro|nol|o|gy — «GLOT oh kruh NOL uh jee», noun. Linguistics. a method of dating a language in a particular stage, or the separation of related languages, based on the theory that over a considerable period linguistic changes take place at a fairly constant… … Useful english dictionary
den|dro|chro|nol|o|gist — «DEHN droh kruh NOL uh jihst», noun. a person who studies dendrochronology … Useful english dictionary
ge|o|chro|nol|o|gist — «JEE oh kruh NOL uh jihst», noun. a person who studies geochronology … Useful english dictionary
pa|le|o|chro|nol|o|gy — «PAY lee oh kruh NOL uh jee, PAL ee », noun. the dating of fossil animals and plants, as by counting the ridges on fossil shells and corals … Useful english dictionary
chro·nol·o·gy — /krəˈnɑːləʤi/ noun, pl gies 1 a [noncount] : the order in which a series of events happened We tried to reconstruct the chronology of the accident. 1 b [count] : a record of the order in which a series of events happened The book provides a… … Useful english dictionary
