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Definition of Chronometer
1. Noun. An accurate clock (especially used in navigation).
Definition of Chronometer
1. n. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
Definition of Chronometer
1. Noun. A device for measuring time, such as a watch or clock ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chronometer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronometer
Literary usage of Chronometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"VIII) that the error of a chronometer is the difference between the time indicated
... In practice, chronometer errors are usually stated with reference to ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1861)
"Sidereal chronometer No. 2557, fast, of Ashtabula, sidereal time, (at 21*. 18m.
sidereal time,) 36m. 34.04s. Rate per sidereal day, + 3s. ..."
3. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1874)
"(B.) By three altitudes near the meridian and the chronometer times of the
observations, when neither the collection nor the rate of the, chronometer is ..."
4. A Treatise on Practical Astronomy, as Applied to Geodesy and Navigation by Charles Leander Doolittle (1890)
"The difference between this and the chronometer time of observation is (t — y).
... If the times are recorded by a chronometer which has a large rate, ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"The problem was to refer the record of a signal received over the cable to the
time as recorded by a break-circuit chronometer. ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"The problem was to refer the record of a signal received over the cable to the
time as recorded by a break-circuit chronometer. ..."
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