- 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. - The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
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