chronological
Arranged by date
Chronological means arranged in order of time, from earliest to latest: a chronological account of the war, listed in chronological order.
Events presented chronologically unfold as they actually occurred.
Chronological age is how old someone is in years, as opposed to mental or developmental age.
Occurring in succession
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- linearArranged in straight succession
- successionFollowing in order
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
timeline · preceding · subsequent · antecedent · following · arrangement · listing · progression
Decaying carbon isotope
- dendrochronologyDating via growth rings
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- uranium-leadIsotopic age-determination method
- potassium-argonIsotopic age-determination technique
thermoluminescence · geochronology · carbon-14 · isotopic · half-life · radiometric · fluorine · dating
Record of dealings
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- historyRecord of past events
- biographyWritten life account
memoir · documentary · flashback · retrospective · recounting · storytelling · timeline · diary
Distinct historical period
- epochDistinct historical period
- centuryHundred-year span
- decadeTen-year span
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
age · antiquity · prehistory · medieval · Renaissance · Victorian · modern · contemporary
sequential
Occurring in succession
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- linearArranged in straight succession
- successionFollowing in order
sequence · timeline · preceding · subsequent · antecedent · following · arrangement · listing · progression · systematic
radiocarbon
Decaying carbon isotope
- dendrochronologyDating via growth rings
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- uranium-leadIsotopic age-determination method
potassium-argon · thermoluminescence · geochronology · carbon-14 · isotopic · half-life · radiometric · fluorine · dating
account
Record of dealings
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- historyRecord of past events
biography · memoir · documentary · flashback · retrospective · recounting · storytelling · timeline · diary · journal
era
Distinct historical period
millennium · age · antiquity · prehistory · medieval · Renaissance · Victorian · modern · contemporary · ancient
- organization methodsalphabetical order, alphabetical, grouping, categorization, sorting
- filingfile, filing cabinets, filing cabinet, files, filing systems
- orderingalphabetical, numerical, ranking, sorting, sequencing
- organizedorganized, ordered, arranged, sorted, classified
- sequence wordsfirst, second, third, next, fourth
- sequencessequence, arithmetic, series, geometric, progressions
chronologicalnonchronological
Not in time order
achronological · anachronistic · unchronological · random · disordered
chronologicalthematic
Relating to subject matter
topical · stream-of-consciousness · alphabetical · categorical · hierarchical
- chronological orderArrangement by time of occurrence
- chronological ageYears since birth
- chronological sequenceOrder based on time