Etymology · Ancient Greek
Χρόνος
21 English words descend from Ancient Greek Χρόνος, most common first.
- chronologyThe science of determining the order in which events occurred.
- cronA scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.
- crontabA table of commands to be executed periodically.
- chronosA steady, quantifiable beat or rhythm; measured or objective time.
- chronometerA device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
- isochronousHappening at regular intervals; isochronal.
- cronjobAn automated task that runs at specific intervals.
- chronaxieThe minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell.
- chronemeA basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.
- chrono-time
- chronoclasmThe intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
- chronogramA 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.
- chronomentrophobiaThe fear of timepieces.
- chronometricOf or related to chronometers, clocks and other timekeeping devices.
- chronometricsSynonym of horology: the study of time measurement.
- chronometrySynonym of horology: the study of time, particularly the science, art, and technology of time measurement.
- chronophobiaFear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- chronosomeA sedimentary rock unit defined by planes of simultaneous deposition.
- -chronousRelating to time.
- crono-Relating to Saturn
- parachronicExisting in a separate timeline or temporal dimension; pertaining to such existence or to connection or movement between timelines.