Chronometer

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Metronome.

II. Chronometer ·noun An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.

III. Chronometer ·noun A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds;

— intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, ·etc.

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