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ge·o·chro·nol·o·gy

(jē′ō-krə-nŏl′ə-jē)

The chronology of the earth's history as determined by geologic events.

ge′o·chron′o·log′ic (-krŏn′ə-lŏj′ĭk), ge′o·chron′o·log′i·cal adj.

ge′o·chron′o·log′i·cal·ly adv.

ge′o·chro·nol′o·gist n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

geochronology

(ˌdʒiːəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒɪ)

(Geological Science) the branch of geology concerned with ordering and dating of events in the earth's history, including the origin of the earth itself

geochronological, geochronologic adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ge•o•chro•nol•o•gy

(ˌdʒi oʊ krəˈnɒl ə dʒi)

n.

the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination.

[1890–95]

ge`o•chron`o•log′ic (-ˌkrɒn lˈɒdʒ ɪk) ge`o•chron`o•log′i•cal, adj.

ge`o•chro•nol′o•gist, n.

geochronology

the branch of geology that describes the past in terms of geologic rather than human time. — geochronologist, n. — geochronologic, geochronological, adj.

geochronology

earth's history

Translations

géochronologie

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