chronometricadj.
/krɒnəʊˈmɛtrɪk/ Of or pertaining to chronometry; relating to the measurement of time. chronometric (or chronometrical) governor: an improved form of governor for regulating the velocity of an engine.
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horologic1665
horometrical1691
chronometric1840
chronometrical1840
chronometrically1863
1840 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1838–40 1 54 The chronometric survey of Massachusetts.
1867 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) I. xviii. 435 They should have excavations and borings made..to obtain a chronometric scale.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) i. 101 The imperfection of chronometric instruments.
1881 C. W. Siemens in Nature No. 626. 622 Another invention..the Chronometric Governor.
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