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
As time-telling became more precise, ship navigators needed a standardized way to set their chronometers.
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Marine chronometers are set to faithfully indicate the solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Master chronometer calibre 8750 with stainless steel and two-tone models, and master chronometer calibre 8751 for 18-karat Sedna Gold and Moonshine Gold models.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 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
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Marine chronometers are set to faithfully indicate the solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Master chronometer calibre 8750 with stainless steel and two-tone models, and master chronometer calibre 8751 for 18-karat Sedna Gold and Moonshine Gold models.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronometer
clock
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But for months, in a practice first disclosed by the Orlando Sentinel, ICE has picked up its detainees at the jail and brought them back hours later, restarting the 72-hour clock.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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His original sketches and the finished product—which opens and closes like a vintage sliding travel clock—are remarkably similar.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Chronometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronometer. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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