chronogram

noun — 2 senses

chronogram

noun

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

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

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to evolutionary time.

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