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
Then, while Shackleton stood by with the chronometer, Worsley would wait until the boat reached the top of the wave and the horizon came into sight, then shout “Now!” as he shot the sun.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: chron
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