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The shortest interval into which geologic time is subdivided: A chron is the interval of time determined by a certain stratum of rock chosen to represent all the rocks created throughout the same period of time
To keep better time is not to know time better. Time’s mystery is not lessened by ever better clocks—it is brought only more clearly into focus.
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(Greek: time, times; sequence of times)