Word Meanings - CHRONOLOGY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates. If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes.

Related words: (words related to CHRONOLOGY)

• REGULARITY
  The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
• PROPER
  Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
• CONFUSIVE
  Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.
• CONFUS
  Confused, disturbed. Chaucer.
• MEASURING
  Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure. Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
• REGULARIA
  A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
• MEASURER
  One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• PROPERLY
  1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. Milton. 2. Individually; after one's own manner. Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. Chaucer.
• PROPERNESS
  1. The quality of being proper. 2. Tallness; comeliness. Udall.
• CONFUSE
  1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused.
• MEASURABLE
  1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. 2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. Chaucer. -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh
• PROPERATE
  To hasten, or press forward.
• CONFUSABILITY
  Capability of being confused.
• INSIPIDLY
  In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly. Locke. Sharp.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• MEASURELESS
  Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. -- Meas"ure*less*ness, n. Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited; vast; immense; infinite; immeasurable. Where Alf, the sacred river ran, Through canyons measureless to man, Down to
• PROPERTIED
  Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money. "The propertied and satisfied classes." M. Arnold.
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• IMMEASURABLY
  In an immeasurable manner or degree. "Immeasurably distant." Wordsworth.
• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• IMMEASURED
  Immeasurable. Spenser.
• IMPROPERATION
  The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne
• PRESCIENCE
  Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J. Edwards.
• ADMEASURE
  To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone. 2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size. (more info) 1. To measure.
• REMEASURE
  To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.
• OUTMEASURE
  To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. Sir T. Browne.
• IMPROPERTY
  Impropriety.
• CANDIDATESHIP
  Candidacy.
• OMNISCIENCE
  The quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attribute peculiar to God. Dryden.