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Definition of Chronological succession
1. Noun. A following of one thing after another in time. "The doctor saw a sequence of patients"
Generic synonyms: Temporal Arrangement, Temporal Order
Specialized synonyms: Pelting, Rain, Rotation, Row, Run
Derivative terms: Sequence, Sequence, Sequential, Succeed, Successive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronological Succession
Literary usage of Chronological succession
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare, Player by Frederick Gard Fleay (1886)
"THE chronological succession OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. IT is of the greatest
importance, in investigating the chronological succession of an author's works, ..."
2. The Manual of the Art of Fiction: Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Clayton Meeker Hamilton (1918)
"... to Begin a Story—Logical Sequence and chronological succession— Tying and
Untying—Transition to the Next Chapter. Narrative a Simplification of Life. ..."
3. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"chronological succession included in Lyell's System. ... He gives a table "showing
the order of superposition, or chronological succession, of the principal ..."
4. Egypt's Place in Universal History: An Historical Investigation in Five Books by Christian Karl Josias Bunsen, Samuel Birch (1854)
"... chronological succession. EVERYTHING that we can require, as regards superiority
of ... chronological succession."
5. The Subterranean World by Georg Hartwig (1871)
"Origin—Tabular View of their chronological succession—Enormous Time required for.
their Formation—Igneous Action—Metamorphic Rocks—Upheaval and Depression- ..."
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