Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAN-TO-CHRO-NOM'E-TER
PAN-TO-CHRO-NOM'E-TER, n. [Gr. παν, χρονος and μετρον.]
An instrument which combines the properties of the compass, sun-dial, and time-dial, and used for all three of them.
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