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A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A wristwatch costs $20; a chronometer costs $20,000.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
an accurate clock (especially used in navigation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clock
From chrono- + -meter, possibly after the model of earlier French chronomètre (“metronome”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “meter, measuring device”).
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ժամանակաչափ
(žamanakačʻapʻ)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Belarusian:
храно́метр
(xranómjetr)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Belarusian:
храно́мэтр
(xranómetr)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Belarusian:
храно́мэтар
(xranómetar)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Bulgarian:
часовник
(časovnik)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Bulgarian:
хронометър
(hronometǎr)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Catalan:
cronòmetre
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Chinese Mandarin:
時計 /时计
(shíjì)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Chinese Mandarin:
計時器 /计时器
(jìshíqì)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Czech:
chronometr
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Dutch:
chronometer
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Esperanto:
kronometro
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Finnish:
kronometri
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Finnish:
kello
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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French:
chronomètre
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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French:
chronoscope
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Galician:
cronómetro
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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German:
Chronometer
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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German:
Uhr
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Ancient Greek:
ὡρολόγιον
(hōrológion)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Ancient Greek:
ὠράριθμον
(ōrárithmon)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Hungarian:
időmérő
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Hungarian:
óra
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Indonesian:
kronometer
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Irish:
cronaiméadar
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Italian:
cronometro
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Japanese:
クロノメーター
(kuronomētā)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Korean:
크로노미터
(keuronomiteo)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Latin:
horologium
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Māori:
matawā
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Persian:
کرنومتر
(koronometr)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Persian:
گاهسنج
(gâh-sanj)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Persian:
زمانسنج
(zamân-sanj)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Polish:
chronometr
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Polish:
czasomierz
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Portuguese:
cronómetro
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Portuguese:
cronômetro
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Portuguese:
cronoscópio
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Russian:
хроно́метр
(xronómetr)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Russian:
хроноско́п
(xronoskóp)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Serbo-Croatian:
кро̏нометар
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Serbo-Croatian:
krȍnometar
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Slovene:
chronometer
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Spanish:
cronómetro
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Tagalog:
tionsukat
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Thai:
โครโนมิเตอร์
(kroo-noo-mí-dtə̂ə)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Turkish:
saat
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day
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Ukrainian:
хроно́метр
(xronómetr)
— device for measuring time, particularly time of day