Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The interval of time represented by a specific stratum of rock selected to be representative of all rocks formed during the same span of time.
- noun The interval of time between two reversals of the Earth's magnetic polarity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
Chronicles . - noun Abbreviationsof chronological
- noun of chronology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geology A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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How many times can you go to chron. com and not interfere with official business and involves only minimal additional expense to the govt?
Ellen Engleman Conners Strikes Again: So Much for Transparency at Mission Control - NASA Watch 2009
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You need to either trust them to manage that responsibility or forbid them from doing anything distracting -- from surfing to chron. com to talking to their coworkers about something non-work related.
Looks Like MOD Can Overrule JSC (and NASA HQ) PAO - NASA Watch 2009
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Texas Deputy Shoots Charging 8-Point Buck www. chron.com
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But I think that this CNN chron from late Wednesday afternoon does deserve comment, as it seems to have crossed all kinds of decency boundaries.
Eric Boehlert: The MJ Coverage Begins to Take a Toll on CNN 2009
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Houston news, entertainment, search and shopping | chron.com - Houston Chronicle: Among Saturday's milestones:
Archive 2009-12-13 Bill Crider 2009
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E.g., the research files in my office at Interior, which were filed by subject and chron order, not by any person involved.
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Latest chron. com article (linked below) says that there was a plain clothes police officer who arrived earlier on the scene and witnessed the entire event.
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If those meet the criteria, we'll set you up with your own chron.
Jay Rosen: The Six Degrees of Newspaper Blogging and Why the Guardian is Ahead 2008
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In this article posted on chron. com (the Houston Chronicle website) yesterday, Rice University political science Professor Bob Stein explained that although blacks accounted for 19 percent of the state's registered voters in the 2006 general election, compared with 25 percent for Hispanics, Hispanics haven't been able to capitalize on that advantage in the Democratic primary.
Kate Miller: Diverse Demographics In Texas Could Determine Outcome Of March 4 Primary 2008
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Yet, via chron. com, Associated Press writer Robert Weilaard puts a different spin on it.
Neither strength nor unity Richard 2006
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