chronograph
/ˈkrɒnəɡrɑːf
/noun
1An instrument for recording time with great accuracy.Sometimes they were called chronographs but, since this implied a written record of the time, the term was not correct....
- Fairly late in our 50-year cycle, electronics entered our world in the form of relatively inexpensive chronographs and digital powder scales.
- With the advent of affordable and reliable chronographs, the cumbersome ballistic pendulum was relegated to the scrap heap of history.
1.1A stopwatch: a precision water-resistant chronograph...
- The company markets five ranges of precision time pieces including chronographs with more than 31 individual models available.
- The company has been providing high-quality timers and chronographs for well over two decades.
- A chronograph, a countdown timer and dual-time zone readings flesh out its functions.
Derivatives
chronographic
- An overly technical chronographic watch rests upon one oversized wrist.
- You therefore get strange devices like automatic watch winders (more, more), the humidors of the chronographic world.
- Reflected LED lighting gives the tail-lights an even red glow and defines the chiselled, chronographic shapes of the instruments.