chronogram
/'krɔnә^ræm/
📖 中文释义
- n. 纪年铭, 计时器所作的记录
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. 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.
- n. The record or inscription made by a chronograph.