chron
krɑːn
Chronic pain and syncing two files run on the same line of time
The picture Time running left to right as one unbroken line. Only what you set down on that line changes. chron is the line time runs along; geo is the ground spread out under your feet.
Where the picture shows up in chron
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Pain lying along the line
The doctor said the pain is chronic.
ðə ˈdɑːktər sed ðə peɪn ɪz ˈkrɑːnɪk
The doctor said the pain is chronic.
Not one sore day but a pain stretched out across several pages of the calendar.
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Matched to the same point
Let us synchronize the two files.
let ʌs ˈsɪŋkrənaɪz ðə tuː faɪlz
Let us synchronize the two files.
Two clock hands pulled onto the same point so they move together from then on.
syn(together) + chron(time) = set to the same time.
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In the order of the line
Put the receipts in chronological order.
pʊt ðə rɪˈsiːts ɪn ˌkrɑːnəˈlɑːdʒɪkəl ˈɔːrdər
Put the receipts in chronological order.
Loose receipts stood up in a row, oldest date first, laid side by side.
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A record written along the line
This book is a chronicle of the factory.
ðɪs bʊk ɪz ə ˈkrɑːnɪkəl əv ðə ˈfæktəri
This book is a chronicle of the factory.
A notebook with one line per year, from the factory's first year down to this one.
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The dial that measures time
This watch has a chronograph.
ðɪs wɑːtʃ hæz ə ˈkrɑːnəɡræf
This watch has a chronograph.
As the seconds run, a small hand scratches past the marks one at a time.
chron(time) + graph(mark) = time written down as it passes.
All of it in one picture
chron is time as one running line. Pain lying right along that line is chronic; setting two clocks to the same point on it is synchronizing. Laying papers out in the order of the line is chronological, writing a factory's years down the line is a chronicle, and the dial that measures the line is a chronograph. So when chron appears, look at what has been placed on the line of time.