chronographnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrɒn.ə.ɡrɑːf/us/ˈkrɑː.nə.ɡræf/specializeda piece of equipment that measures and records periods of time
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Watches & clocks
- 24-hour clock
- against the clock idiom
- alarm clock
- at/on the stroke of sth idiom
- bezel
- clock
- crystal
- hourglass
- lose
- minute hand
- movement
- pendulum
- radio alarm clock
- second hand
- slow
- strike
- watchband
- watchstrap
- winder
- wristwatch
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Examples from literature
- I stopped the chronograph and wrote them down, and the time they occupied.
- These cups revolve in the wind, the revolutions being registered electrically: every four miles a signal was sent to the hut, and a pen working upon a chronograph registered one more step.