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Synonyms for chronograph

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kron-uh-graf, -grahf
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɒn əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf

Top 10 synonyms for chronograph
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Définition of chronograph

Origin :
  • "precise time-measuring device," 1868, from chrono- "time" + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." Cf. Greek khronographos "recording time and events" (adj.); "a chronicler" (n.).
  • As in timepiece : noun device that tells time
  • As in clock : noun timekeeping device
Example sentences :
  • The mode of operating with the chronograph at a race has been thus described.
  • Extract from : « Time and Time-Tellers » by James W. Benson
  • This target is used in connection with the Boulenge chronograph.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 » by Various
  • I stopped the chronograph and wrote them down, and the time they occupied.
  • Extract from : « Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development » by Francis Galton
  • Provide yourself with a chronograph, and it may help you to win prizes by means of good starts.
  • Extract from : « Yachting Vol. 1 » by Various.
  • I must mention also a special apparatus invented by astronomers and called a chronograph.
  • Extract from : « The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900 » by Various
  • The number of revolutions and the rise of temperature were recorded on a chronograph drum.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 » by Various
  • Close by the door of the Chronograph Room a great wooden staircase rises to the roof of the main building.
  • Extract from : « The Royal Observatory Greenwich » by E. Walter (Edwared Walter) Maunder
  • The paper cover of the chronograph after an hour's work shows a spiral trace of little dots encircling it some thirty times.
  • Extract from : « The Royal Observatory Greenwich » by E. Walter (Edwared Walter) Maunder
  • Each tap of the observer's finger completed for an instant an electric circuit, and recorded a mark on the 'chronograph.'
  • Extract from : « The Royal Observatory Greenwich » by E. Walter (Edwared Walter) Maunder
  • If in azimuth, it is the times of crossing the vertical wires that are in like manner telegraphed to the chronograph.
  • Extract from : « The Royal Observatory Greenwich » by E. Walter (Edwared Walter) Maunder
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