Definition of Chronological age

1. Noun. Age measured by the time (years and months) that something or someone has existed. "His chronological age was 71 years"

Generic synonyms: Age

Definition of Chronological age

1. Noun. the age of an individual measure in days, months and years from the time the individual was born, often used in psychometrics ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronological Age

chronograph
chronographer
chronographers
chronographic
chronographies
chronographs
chronography
chronoisotherm
chronoisotherms
chronokinesis
chronologer
chronologers
chronologic
chronologic age
chronological
chronological age (current term)
chronological record
chronological sequence
chronological succession
chronologically
chronologick
chronologies
chronologise
chronologist
chronologists
chronologize
chronology
chronomancy
chronometabolic
chronometabolism

Literary usage of Chronological age

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Applied Psychology by American Psychological Association, American Association for Applied Psychology (1918)
"This group had a mental age of 8.5 to 9.5 years but a chronological age different ... In 3 instances the chronological age was less than the mental age. ..."

2. The Hygiene of the School Child by Lewis Madison Terman (1914)
"It is well to keep clearly in mind this distinction between chronological age, on the one hand, and physiological or anatomical age, on the other. ..."

3. Applied Psychology by Harry Levi Hollingworth, Albert Theodor Poffenberger (1920)
"The intelligence coefficient is this mental age divided by the chronological age. A coefficient of 1.00 would then indicate a person mentally normal, ..."

4. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"It has been found that one form of relationship between a child's mental age and his chronological age fulfills this condition. ..."

5. Brightness and Dullness in Children by Herbert Hollingworth Woodrow (1919)
"A large difference in anatomical age in children of the same chronological age brings about only a comparatively small difference in mental age. ..."

6. The Psychology of Functional Neuroses by Harry Levi Hollingworth (1920)
"CHAPTER XII MENTAL ABILITY AND chronological age IN ADULTS In the standardization of tests of mental ability in terms of developmental units it is commonly ..."

7. Educational Method by National education association of the United States Dept. of supervisors and directors of instruction (1922)
"universally appreciated that in any given individual the growth of mental ability becomes retarded after the chronological age of about 14 years, ..."

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