Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHRO-NOM'ETER
CHRO-NOL'O-GYCHRO-NO-MET'RIC, or CHRO-NO-MET'RICAL
CHRO-NOM'ETER, n. [Gr. χρονος, time, and μετρον, measure.]
Any instrument that measures time or that divides time into equal portions, or that is used for that purpose, as a clock, watch or dial; particularly an instrument that measures time with great exactness. Chronoscope is now rarely used.
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