chronometer
Example Sentences
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By the story’s chronometer, a mere eight months had passed.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
He would set his pocket chronometer first thing, before tripping off in his buggy to clients who paid a fee to look at it and set their own timepieces.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
Plenty of interactive exhibits brings the voyage to life, including hands-on experimentation with a chronometer and Fresnel lens, outtakes from the duo’s journal, and short films.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2022
The magnetic compass, gunpowder, the printing press, the chronometer, the cotton gin, the steam engine and the water wheel are among the many examples.
From Scientific American • Aug. 24, 2020
“Until they can, they’ll bless you and your lunars—even if you aren’t an astronomer. Come to think of it—I believe a carpenter invented the chronometer, didn’t he?”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Vocabulary lists containing chronometer
It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: chron
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