Look up: chronoscope

1. chronoscope
   [n] - an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time
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2. chronoscope
   an instrument for measuring the duration of extremely short-lived exposures or flashes; measuring the duration of short-lived phenomena limited by opening and closing electric contacts Category: Medicine
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3. chronoscope
   A watch, also known as a wandering-hour watch, introduced c. 1675, on which the hour is displayed through a semicircular arc in the dial. The numeral, carried on a rotating disc, takes one hour to move around the semicircle and then disappears from view behind a decorated cover, to be replaced by the next hour at the other end. The scale for the mi …
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4. Chronoscope
   Chron'o·scope noun [ Greek ... time + -scope .] An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.
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5. chronoscope
   noun an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time
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6. Chronoscope
   • (n.) An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.
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7. chronoscope
   (from the article `Noble, Sir Andrew, 1st Baronet`) About 1862 he applied his invention, the chronoscope, a device for measuring very small time intervals, to determine the velocity of shot in gun ...
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8. chronoscope
   chronoscope An instrument for observing and the precise measuring of minute time intervals of extremely brief periods of time.
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9. Chronoscope
   The chronoscope is an apparatus invented by Wheatstone in 1840 to measure small intervals of time, and for measuring the duration of extremely short-lived phenomena, such as the electric spark; more especially the name was given to instruments of various forms for measuring the velocity of projectiles.
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10. chronoscope
    A watch, also known as a wandering-hour watch, introduced c1675, on which the hour is displayed through a semicircular arc in the dial. The numeral, carried on a rotating disc, takes one hour to move around the semicircle and then disappears from view behind a decorated cover, to be replaced by the ...
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