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clocknounA chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
chronometrenoun(nonstandard and now largely obsolete) Alternative form of chronometer. [A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.]
chronoscopenounA highly accurate timekeeping device, an extremely precise chronometer.
microchronometernounA chronoscope, a timekeeping device used for minuscule timeframes.
chronographnounA device which marks or records time or time intervals.
chronographynounMeasurement with a chronograph.
timernounA device used to measure amounts of time.
chronothermometernounA clock, the speed of whose movement may be used to estimate temperature
autochronographnoun(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
clockingnounA time measurement made according to a clock.
time detectornounA timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations on his beat.
longitude clocknounA marine chronometer.
chronoscopynounThe measurement and study of extremely small time intervals by means of a chronoscope.
stopwatchnounA timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
chronaximeternounAn instrument used to measure chronaxie
atomic clocknounAn extremely accurate reference clock whose operation is based on an atomic process, typically the frequency of electromagnetic radiation associated with a specified energy-level transition in an element such as cesium.
electrochronographnoun(dated) An electromagnetic chronograph
chronophernoun(historical) An instrument that transmits the correct time to other distant clocks by means of electricity. It was used in the United Kingdom in the 19th century, but was obsolete by the turn of the 20th century.
stream clocknounAn instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel.
thermochronnounA device that records temperature (in thermochronology and thermochronometry)

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