Chrōn'o-grām or Chrōn'o-grāph, n.

n. [Fr. chronogramme, chronographie, from χρόνος, time, and γράμμα, writing, character; γράφειν, to write.] An inscription in which a certain date or epoch is expressed by numeral letters, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632:

ChristVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs;

in which the capitals, considered as numerals, give, when added, the sum 1632.