chronography

noun

chro·​nog·​ra·​phy krə-ˈnä-grə-fē 

plural -es

1

obsolete : a record of past time : history

2

: the measurement by graphic methods of intervals of time (as in studying the successive phases of a rapid and complex motion) : the use of the chronograph

Word History

Etymology

Middle French chronographie, from Greek chronographia, from chron- + -graphia -graphy

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Rhymes for chronography

• arthrography
• biography
• cartography
• cosmography
• cryptography
• demography
• discography
• echography
• ethnography
• filmography
• geography
• hydrography