English Explanatory Dictionary

chronosome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sedimentary rock unit defined by planes of simultaneous deposition.

Word forms

chronosome chronosomes

Etymology

from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”)

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