单词 | chronopher |
释义 | chronophern. An apparatus for the distribution of electric time-signals. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > signal marking the time > [noun] > apparatus for distributing electrical signals chronopher1867 1867 Chambers's Jrnl. xxxviii. 98 A time-distributing apparatus, or ‘chronopher’, the function of which is to distribute in many directions the signals received from Greenwich. 1878 J. N. Lockyer Stargazing 275 The hourly signal at the Post Office..is distributed by means of the Chronopher. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1867 |
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