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chronogram

[ kron-uh-gram ]

noun

  1. an inscription in which certain Roman numeral letters express a date or epoch on being added together by their values.
  2. a record made by a chronograph.


chronogram

/ ˌkrɒnəʊɡrəˈmætɪk; ˈkrəʊnə-; ˈkrɒnəˌɡræm /

noun

  1. a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
  2. a record kept by a chronograph
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDzԴDzˈپ, adverb
  • chronogrammatic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz···· [kron-oh-gr, uh, -, mat, -ik], Dzo··i· adjective
  • Dzo··i··ly adverb
  • Dzo·m·پ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of chronogram1

First recorded in 1615–25; chrono- + -gram 1
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

"He decided to ignore the previously adopted chronogram of reform and elections," the internal EU's sanctions list said.

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“We don’t really have a very fixed chronogram right now, so our next step is to do these experiments with the blind users. We are also arranging with a retail company here in Brazil to do some experiments in a real supermarket. We believe that next year, we will probably have some more interesting results with real scenarios and real users.”

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Translation for humans: 'chronogram' is an "aren't we sophisticated in our clever use of silly, opaque, uneccessary jargon" version of 'timeline'.

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—I doubt not the accuracy of Sir Nicholas Tindal's copy of the inscription, but I suspect that the painter of the red capitals made a mistake, and that the d in the word cedit should have been the red letter instead of the e; if so, the chronogram would be as follows M.DCCVVVVIIIIIIIII, i.e.

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H. F. The red letters undoubtedly compose a chronogram; E in such compositions represents 250.

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