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📚 noun • entry_id 34989

chronometer

/kɹəˈnɒm.ə.tə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cronómetro
A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
A wristwatch costs $20; a chronometer costs $20,000.
The balances of all moveable time-keepers, the chronometer excepted, are prevented from vibrating beyond the proper arc by what is called bankings. The inferior escapements are ver…
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