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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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronometer
clock
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This isn’t earth-shattering news, but where science has really advanced around jet lag is the understanding of the circadian clock, which isn’t one clock but several.—
Aislyn Greene,
AFAR Media,
31 July 2025
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Best’s fingerprints were found on the vent, and Andrus’ prints were found on a clock in the mother-in-law suite that had come from Little’s house, deputies said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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“Chronometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronometer. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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