The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chronometry \Chro*nom"e*try\, n. [Cf. F. chronom['e]trie.] The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.
Wiktionary
n. The science of the measurement of time
Wikipedia
Chronometry (from Greek χρόνος chronos, "time" and μέτρον metron, "measure") is the science of the measurement of time, or timekeeping. Chronometry applies to electronic devices, while Horology refers to mechanical devices.
It should not to be confused with chronology, the science of locating events in time, which often relies upon it.
Usage examples of "chronometry".
The advantage of metricized units is that it supplies humanity with a unified chronometry that involves little more than decimal point shifts.
But then, from his own knowledge of Earth’s history, he knew that, at one time, the lunar month had been the key to the calendar and that there had come a time when, for ease of chronometry, the lunar month came to be ignored and was never missed.
The advantage of metricized units is that it supplies humanity with a unified chronometry that involves little more than decimal point shifts.
But then, from his own knowledge of Earths history, he knew that, at one time, the lunar month had been the key to the calendar and that there had come a time when, for ease of chronometry, the lunar month came to be ignored and was never missed.
But then, from his own knowledge of Earth's history, he knew that, at one time, the lunar month had been the key to the calendar and that there had come a time when, for ease of chronometry, the lunar month came to be ignored and was never missed.