CHRONOMETER
\kɹənˈɒmɪtə], \kɹənˈɒmɪtə], \k_ɹ_ə_n_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_t_ə]\
Definitions of CHRONOMETER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A metronome.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A metronome.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Any instrument that measures time, such as a clock, watch, or dial; specially one that measures time with great exactness, such as is used by mariners for determining the longitude at sea, &c.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Any instrument or machine that measures time, as a clock or a dial; a large watch constructed with great nicety for use at sea.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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an instrument for the exact mensuration of time.
By Thomas Sheridan
