chronograph
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos, “chronicler”). Equivalent to chrono- + -graph.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒnəɡɹɑːf/, /ˈkɹəʊ-/, /-ɡɹæf/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɑnəˌɡɹæf/, /ˈkɹoʊ-/
- Hyphenation: chron‧o‧graph
Noun[edit]
chronograph (plural chronographs)
- (obsolete) A chronogram.
- A device which marks or records time or time intervals.
- A combination of a watch and a stopwatch.
- 1941 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
- Along this critical length Sir Nigel [Gresley], completely unmoved and in a very cheerful humour, came into my compartment and sat down next to me, with the immense chronograph in his hand that he had had made specially for speed recording; [...].
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Translations[edit]
chronogram — see chronogram
device which marks or records time or time intervals
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watch-stopwatch combination
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Verb[edit]
chronograph (third-person singular simple present chronographs, present participle chronographing, simple past and past participle chronographed)
- (firearms) To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile.
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