chronogram

English

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Etymology

From chrono- +‎ -gram, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + γράμμα (grámma, “writing”).

Noun

chronogram (plural chronograms)

1. 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.
2. (genetics) A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to evolutionary time.

   Coordinate term: phylogram

Translations

a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged

Bulgarian: хронограма f (hronograma) Catalan: cronograma m Chinese: Mandarin: 紀年銘 / 纪年铭 (jìniánmíng) French: chronogramme (fr) m German: Chronogramm n Japanese: クロノグラム (kuronoguramu) Russian: хроногра́мма (ru) f (xronográmma) Spanish: cronograma (es) m