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A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged.
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A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to evolutionary time.
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Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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From chrono- + -gram, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + γράμμα (grámma, “writing”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
хронограма
(hronograma)
— a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged
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Catalan:
cronograma
— a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged
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Chinese Mandarin:
紀年銘 /纪年铭
(jìniánmíng)
— a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged
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French:
chronogramme
— a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged
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German:
Chronogramm
— a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged
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Japanese:
クロノグラム
(kuronoguramu)
— a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged
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Russian:
хроногра́мма
(xronográmma)
— a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged
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Spanish:
cronograma
— a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged