chronometricaladj.
/krɒnəʊˈmɛtrɪkəl/ = chronometric adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > reckoning of time > [adjective]
horologic1665
horometrical1691
chronometric1840
chronometrical1840
chronometrically1863
1840 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1838–40 1 51 Sextant constructed for the chronometrical survey of Massachusetts.
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) i. 1 To carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World.
1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 142 Our chronometrical measurements of astronomical periods.
Derivatives
chronoˈmetrically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > reckoning of time > [adjective]
horologic1665
horometrical1691
chronometric1840
chronometrical1840
chronometrically1863
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. 225 They would find the hot fit and the cold return chronometrically, at intervals as regular as the tide's ebb and flow.
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