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chronogram definition

chrono·gram (krän′ə gram′)

noun

  1. an inscription in which certain letters, made more prominent, express a date in Roman numerals (Ex.: ery ied with oe n hm—MCMXLVII = 1947)
  2. a record kept by a chronograph

Etymology: chrono- + -gram

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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