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chronometry|krəʊˈnɒmɪtrɪ|
[mod. f. Gr. χρόν-ος time + -µετρία measurement: see -metry.]
The art or science of accurately measuring time.
1833Sir J. Herschel Astron. ii. 79 Chronometry..enables us to fix the moments in which phenomena occur, with the last degree of precision. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. 6 The elements of a new historic chronometry. 1862Smiles Engineers III. 446 Conversation..turned upon chronometry and horology.
b. Measurement of time.
1837Murray Vital Princ. 16 A compensation curb to regulate its chronometry. 1879H. Warren Recr. Astron. ii. 23 Is the celestial chronometry getting deranged? |