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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Arranged in order of time of occurrence.
  • adjective Relating to or in accordance with chronology.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time: as, a chronological table or narrative; a chronological arrangement of works of art.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective In order of time from the earliest to the latest
  • adjective In units of time.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or arranged according to temporal order

Etymologies

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chronology +‎ -ical

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