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Chronometer is an English word with synonyms like clock. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Chronometer meaning

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

Synonyms of Chronometer

clock

Related words

Other words often associated with Chronometer or its synonyms:

time timepiece measure horologe quantify timekeeper

Using Chronometer

  • The main meaning on this page is: A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
  • Useful related words include: clock.
  • In the example corpus, chronometer often appears in combinations such as: marine chronometer, with chronometer, chronometer in.

Context around Chronometer

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

marine 9× deck 1× driven 1× chronology 1× xenon 1× precision 1×

Often after:

published 1× readings 1× differs 1× watch 1× main 1× chronic 1× revolutionized 1× citation 1× off 1×

Sentence patterns with Chronometer

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a chronometer differs from 1× a deck chronometer at half 1× a marine chronometer are used 1× a precision chronometer off a 1× accurate marine chronometer in the 1× accurate marine chronometer revolutionized marine 1× boxed marine chronometer but were 1× covers the chronometer s history 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a chronometer differs 1× a mariner with 1× a nautical almanac 1× a spring driven 1× also many merchant 1× gould wrote the 1×

Common sentence endings:

above the horizon 1× adequate for many 1× adopted by navigators 1× all chronometer readings 1× an isochron technique 1× and their inventors 1×

Words around Chronometer

Just before it in the word index:

chronology 161 chronologist 2 chronologies 13 chronologically 68 chronological 168 chronologic 3

Just after it in the word index:

chronometers 17 chronometry 3 chronopolis 3 chronos 15 chronosequence 2 chronoskimming 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aapi 29 aarey 29 aberdare 29 academician 29 acquaint 29 actuaries 29

Corpus analysis for Chronometer

  • In this selection, "chronometer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, marine, deck, driven, published, readings and differs stand out and add context to how "chronometer" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a chronometer differs from and a deck chronometer at half. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "chronometer" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with chronometer

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The iodine-xenon chronometer citation is an isochron technique. (9 words)

The book remains the authoritative work on the marine chronometer. (10 words)

The invention of an accurate marine chronometer revolutionized marine navigation. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Gould wrote The Marine Chronometer published in 1923, which covered the history of chronometers from the Middle Ages through to the 1920s, and which included detailed descriptions of Harrison's work and the subsequent evolution of the chronometer. (38 words)

A nautical almanac and a marine chronometer are used to compute the subpoint on earth a celestial body is over, and a sextant is used to measure the body's angular height above the horizon. (35 words)

A chronometer differs from a spring-driven watch principally in that it contains a variable lever device to maintain even pressure on the mainspring, and a special balance designed to compensate for temperature variations. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Gould wrote The Marine Chronometer published in 1923, which covered the history of chronometers from the Middle Ages through to the 1920s, and which included detailed descriptions of Harrison's work and the subsequent evolution of the chronometer.

The difference between GMT and chronometer time is carefully determined and applied as a correction to all chronometer readings.

A chronometer differs from a spring-driven watch principally in that it contains a variable lever device to maintain even pressure on the mainspring, and a special balance designed to compensate for temperature variations.

Also, many merchant mariners would make do with a deck chronometer at half the price.

A mariner with a chronometer could check its reading using a lunar determination of Greenwich time.

A nautical almanac and a marine chronometer are used to compute the subpoint on earth a celestial body is over, and a sextant is used to measure the body's angular height above the horizon.

A spring-driven chronometer is set approximately to Greenwich mean time (GMT) and is not reset until the instrument is overhauled and cleaned, usually at three-year intervals.

In order to perform this calculation, however, a person needs to have a chronometer (watch) set to UTC and needs to determine local time by solar or astronomical observation.

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In this case, the watch is started at a known GMT by chronometer, and the elapsed time of each sight added to this to obtain GMT of the sight.

It covers the chronometer's history from the earliest attempts to measure longitude while including detailed discussions and illustrations of the various mechanisms and their inventors.

John Harrison created the first highly accurate marine chronometer in the mid-18th century.

Marine chronometer main In order to accurately measure longitude, the precise time of a sextant sighting (down to the second, if possible) must be recorded.

Only in the middle of the 18th century, after the marine chronometer was invented and the spatial distribution of magnetic declination was known, could the Mercator projection be fully adopted by navigators.

Scientific heritage John Harrison of Barrow upon Humber (but born in Yorkshire at Foulby ), invented the marine chronometer which allowed longitude to be accurately measured, and hence navigation at sea.

Some English words whose etymological root is khronos/chronos include chronology, chronometer, chronic, anachronism, synchronize, and chronicle.

The book remains the authoritative work on the marine chronometer.

The invention of an accurate marine chronometer revolutionized marine navigation.

The iodine-xenon chronometer citation is an isochron technique.

The period of the pendulum was picked off by reflecting the image of an electric spark created by a precision chronometer off a mirror mounted at the top of the pendulum rod.

These were not as accurate as the boxed marine chronometer but were adequate for many.

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Common combinations with chronometer

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "chronometer" in a sentence?
An example: "Gould wrote The Marine Chronometer published in 1923, which covered the history of chronometers from the Middle Ages through to the 1920s, and which included detailed descriptions of Harrison's work and the subsequent evolution of the chronometer." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "chronometer" from authentic English texts.
What does "chronometer" mean?
Chronometer means: A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
What are synonyms of "chronometer"?
Common synonyms of "chronometer" include: clock.
How many example sentences with "chronometer" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "chronometer", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.