as in clock
a device to measure time a fancy new chronometer that is light-years more advanced than your average wristwatch

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Recent Examples of chronometer The First Edition offers Bentley’s captivating Rotating Display (otherwise optional), a smooth veneer fascia situated in the center of the dash that rotates to reveal a 12.3-inch digital touchscreen or three classic analog instruments showing outside air temperature, a compass, and a chronometer. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025 The race, witnessed by 60,000 spectators, is the first to have been timed by split-second chronometers, which were imported for the event. 1873 — Survivor is the winner of the first Preakness Stakes. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025 The movement offers power reserve of up to 72 hours and is chronometer certified from the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC). Bhanu Chopra, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 Caliber 135 is one of the legendary movements that entered and eventually won multiple prizes in the famous observatory chronometer competitions held in Neuchâtel and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as Kew Teddington in England, and Besançon, France, in the first part of the 20th century. Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chronometer
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clock
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  • The countdown featured a glittering orange backdrop, with the cryptic clock displayed in mint green lettering.
    Clare Fisher, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Like the digital clock counting the national debt, the meter on the Trump family’s Presidential profits ticks ever faster.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Chronometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronometer. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.

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