Crossword clues for chronometer
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? time + -meter: cf. F. chronom[`e]tre.]
An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.
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(Mus.) A metronome.
Box chronometer. See under Box.
Pocket chronometer, a chronometer in the form of a large watch.
To rate a chronometer. See Rate, v. t.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1735, from chrono- "time" + -meter. Related: Chronometric.
Wiktionary
n. A device for measure time, such as a watch or clock.
WordNet
n. an accurate clock (especially used in navigation)
Wikipedia
Chronometer or chronoscope may refer to:
- Chronometer of Loulie, a precursor to the metronome
- Clock
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COSC certified chronometer, a Swiss watch certified by the COSC
- Chronometer watch
- Certified chronometer
- Observatory chronometer, a device certified by an observatory to be extremely accurate
- Marine chronometer, a timekeeper used for marine navigation
- Railroad chronometer, a specialized timepiece once used for safe operation of trains
- Chronoscope or time viewer, a fictional, oracle-like device occasionally employed in science fiction
- Longines Chronoscope, an American television program (1951–1955)
Usage examples of "chronometer".
A short, bullnose pistol was in his hand and though Clifford heard no report inside that tight tube, he did see a whiff of thin blue smoke and noticed the revolver was not aimed at him nor the girl, but at the chronometer which closed the contact, and that was all he saw for he was catapulted upward toward the sky.
With a surprised oath, Burman dashed forward to rescue the chronometer.
Besides, there is no ship employed in long voyages which does not possess at least two compasses, as she has two chronometers.
The chronometer that showed both Earthian and Martian time, the days of the month, the phases of the moon.
The two engineers waited beneath the rails, checking their chronometers and watching nervously.
Two weeks previous, at Pago Pago, in Samoa, I had asked my captain to compare our chronometer with the chronometers on the American cruiser, the Annapolis.
Burning Bright has a twenty-five-standard-hour day, and you should program your chronometers accordingly.
The wash finally faded away, leaving her in prairieland with small hillocks packed as thick as horripilation on a wind-chilled skin, She glanced at the sun, unsnapped a belt pocket and consulted the compass, glanced at the chronometer on her thumb.
Kalam snatched a glance at his chronometer, and made an imperative gesture to the alert Legionnaires about him.
If Gasperettes give away timepieces, Puffins follow on with grandfather clocks and Whifflets with chronometers.
He had one eye on the chronometer, mentally counting off the minutes, and had reached five when the sickbay door slid open to admit the executive officer.
The starlings told the time of the year as accurately as the best chronometer at Whitehall.
Neelah glanced up at the control panel's chronometer, gauging how long Dengar and Boba Fett had been working over in the reconstructed web.
The comparator chronometer was going crazy, the Ship's Relativistic Objective accelerating to the point where even the hours were a mere blur, moving too fast for the numbers to register.
On the deckside, only two were on watch - you and Trent down in the Captain's cabin there keeping an eye on the sextant and chronometer.