| 单词 | chronometric governor |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschronometric (or chronometrical) governor 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. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [adjective] 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. < as lemmas |
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