chronoscope

[ kron-uh-skohp, kroh-nuh- ]

noun

1. an electronic instrument for measuring accurately very brief intervals of time, as in determining the velocity of projectiles.

chronoscope

/ ˈkrəʊnə-; ˈkrɒnəˌskəʊp; ˌkrɒnəˈskɒpɪk; ˌkrəʊnə- /

noun

1. an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc

Derived Forms

• chronoscopic, adjective
• ˌchronoˈscopically, adverb

Other Words From

• chron·o·scop·ic [kron-, uh, -, skop, -ik], adjective
• chrono·scopi·cal·ly adverb
• chro·nos·co·py [kr, uh, -, nos, -k, uh, -pee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chronoscope¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; chrono- + -scope

Example Sentences

The clock used for exact work is likely to be the Hipp chronoscope, which gives on its dials indications of time intervals in thousandths of a second.

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The introduction of resistance by means of the rheostat, R, was frequently a convenient method of correcting the chronoscope.

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Besides, I had read articles about the chronoscope, the plethysmograph, the sphygmograph, and others of the new psychological instruments.

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Stimulus is given by the operator as soon as the chronoscope is started, and by this act the chronoscope circuit is broken and the record begun.

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It is merely two wire electrodes which could be placed upon the animal, with the additional device of a key for the breaking of the chronoscope circuit the instant the stimulus was given.

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