Is it correct to say "consecutively in time"?

I'm writing a technical report and I want to emphasize that each sample that I have stored in a buffer has been collected before the following one. Can I say,

The samples from the buffer are known to have been captured consecutively in time?

Solution 1:

Sounds redundant to me. I'd put a period after "consecutively". Alternatively, you might try "in chronological order".

Solution 2:

I cannot definitively say that consecutively in time is incorrect, but the phrasing is awkward, at best. I would suggest the good old simple expression, one after other. More formally, you could also say, in succession:

• The samples from the buffer are known to have been captured one after the other.
• The samples from the buffer are known to have been captured in succession.

Solution 3:

I think consecutively should suffice; it's as if the 'in time' is an inelegant hint as to what consecutively actually means, to those who aren't sure.

Solution 4:

I think you could easily use the word, "sequentially."

From dictionary.com

se·quen·tial    [si-kwen-shuhl]

–adjective

1. characterized by regular sequence of parts.

2. following; subsequent; consequent.