an automatic device used to trigger an operation at regular intervals, esp such a device operating the shutter of a camera
intervalometer in American English
(ˌintərvəˈlɑmɪtər)
noun
an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, asin making aerial photographs
Word origin
[1930–35; interval + -o- + -meter]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA, acoustic phonetics, logical positivism, technical foul, video-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -meter is a combining form meaning “measure,” used in the names of instruments measuringquantity, extent, degree, etc. Other words that use the affix -meter include: gravimeter, manometer, spectrometer, telemeter, variometer
Examples of 'intervalometer' in a sentence
intervalometer
The intervalometer script was set to take a photograph every 5 seconds.
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