as in clock
a device to measure time
a fancy new chronometer that is light-years more advanced than your average wristwatch
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The First Edition offers Bentley’s captivating Rotating Display (otherwise optional), a smooth veneer fascia situated in the center of the dash that rotates to reveal a 12.3-inch digital touchscreen or three classic analog instruments showing outside air temperature, a compass, and a chronometer.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
The race, witnessed by 60,000 spectators, is the first to have been timed by split-second chronometers, which were imported for the event.
1873 — Survivor is the winner of the first Preakness Stakes.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The movement offers power reserve of up to 72 hours and is chronometer certified from the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC).
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Caliber 135 is one of the legendary movements that entered and eventually won multiple prizes in the famous observatory chronometer competitions held in Neuchâtel and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as Kew Teddington in England, and Besançon, France, in the first part of the 20th century.
—Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
The race, witnessed by 60,000 spectators, is the first to have been timed by split-second chronometers, which were imported for the event.
1873 — Survivor is the winner of the first Preakness Stakes.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The movement offers power reserve of up to 72 hours and is chronometer certified from the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC).
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Caliber 135 is one of the legendary movements that entered and eventually won multiple prizes in the famous observatory chronometer competitions held in Neuchâtel and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as Kew Teddington in England, and Besançon, France, in the first part of the 20th century.
—Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronometer
clock
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Modern technology is based heavily on precise clocks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 July 2025
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The most popular Cybertruck, the all-wheel-drive version with one motor each for powering the two axles, clocks in at $80,000 without extras instead of the $50,000 promised at its reveal in November 2019, when reservation owners could make a deposit.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
17 July 2025
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“Chronometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronometer. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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