chronogram

English - Turkish

Definition of chronogram in English Turkish dictionary: kronogram; (isim) kronogram; ebced hesabıyla tarih; tarih

English - English

Definition of chronogram in English English dictionary: A sentence or inscription in which the capital letters, interpreted in Roman numerals, stand for a particular date if rearranged; {n} a kind of verse, whose figurative letters show its date; The record or inscription made by a chronograph; An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs; - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632
A chronogram: chronograph
a chronogram: eteostic

chronogram

Hyphenation

chron·o·gram

() From Ancient Greek χρόνος (chronos) "time" + γράμμα (gramma) "writing".

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