chronometryn.
/krəʊˈnɒmɪtri/ a. The art or science of accurately measuring time.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > art or science of
horology1813
chronometry1833
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy ii. 79 Chronometry..enables us to fix the moments in which phenomena occur, with the last degree of precision.
1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. 5 The elements of a new historic chronometry.
1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 446 Conversation..turned upon chronometry and horology.
b. Measurement of time.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun]
compota1387
annotationa1464
horometry1570
chronometry1837
chrononomy1882
chronoscopy1882
1837 Murray Vital Princ. 16 A compensation curb to regulate its chronometry.
1879 H. W. Warren Recreations in Astron. ii. 23 Is the celestial chronometry getting deranged?
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