chronometer
Example Sentences
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By the story’s chronometer, a mere eight months had passed.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2025
Plenty of interactive exhibits brings the voyage to life, including hands-on experimentation with a chronometer and Fresnel lens, outtakes from the duo’s journal, and short films.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
The magnetic compass, gunpowder, the printing press, the chronometer, the cotton gin, the steam engine and the water wheel are among the many examples.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2020
The instruments on board – chronometer, thermometer, barometer, compass – were, at the time, state-of-the-art.
From Reuters ● Dec. 11, 2019
The skipper pulled his chronometer out from beneath his shirt.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing chronometer
It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: chron
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