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CHRONOSCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chronoscope mean? 

CHRONOSCOPE (noun)
  The noun CHRONOSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of timeplay

  Familiarity information: CHRONOSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHRONOSCOPE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chronoscope" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chronoscope"):

time-delay measuring instrument; time-delay measuring system (chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events)


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