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[Noun] | "chro*nom*e*ter" | \ krə-ˈnä-mə-tər \
1: timepiece; especially : one designed to keep time with great accuracy despite external forces
Origin: circa 1676 ;
{see: |chrono-|chrono-} + {see: |-meter|-meter};
* Note : Apparently first used in English by the clergyman and natural philosopher William Derham (1657-1735) in Physico-Theology; or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation (London, 1714); see: Wolfgang Köberer, "On the First Use of the Term 'Chronometer'," The Mariner's Mirror, vol. 106, no. 2 (2016), pp. 203-06. In French chronomètre was used for a metronome-like device by the musician and pedagogue Étienne Loulié in Elements ou principes de musique (Paris, 1696).;
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[Noun] | "chronometer"
1: a device to measure time;
* e.g., " ... a fancy new chronometer that is light-years more advanced than your average wristwatch "
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# 1 - { chronometer:201814 }
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[ "chronometer" ]
1: 1) A very accurate clock.
* e.g., ... That Chronometer is teh secksay beast!
[ "chronometer" ]
2: 2) A poster on a number of board with an unpredictable streak
# 2 - { chronometer:736056 }
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[ "chronometer" ]
1: A device for the telling or measurment of time; clock.
* e.g., ... I put my new chronometer on the wall.
# 3 - { Chronometer:1486078 }
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[ "Chronometer" ]
1: Prior to the invention of the chronometer, pirates did not have an accurate method for measuring time, without which led to them steering off course and sometimes missing their destinations entirely. The chronometer's time-keeping accuracy allowed sailors to measure the stars against specific points in time, thus giving them their longitude. This changed navigation forever by allowing sailors to stay on the correct course to their destination.
* e.g., ... Arg matey, set your chronometer!
# 4 - { Chronometer:5142382 }
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[ "Chronometer" ]
1: A clock, basically
* e.g., ... Guy 1- "Hey, have you got the time?"
Guy 2- "Sure, let me just check my chronometer."
Guy 1- "What?"
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