1) Measuring device 2) Measuring instrument 3) Measuring system
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instrument for measuring very short time intervals
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• (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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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 next hour at the other end. The scale for the min....
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(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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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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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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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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n] - an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time
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chronoscope An instrument for observing and the precise measuring of minute time intervals of extremely brief periods of time.
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noun an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time
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an electronic instrument for measuring accurately very brief intervals of time, as in determining the velocity of projectiles.
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