chronoscope

American  

[kron-uh-skohp, kroh-nuh-] / ˈkrɒn əˌskoʊp, ˈkroʊ nə- /

noun

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

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chronoscope British  

/ ˈkrəʊnə-, ˈkrɒnəˌskəʊp, ˌkrɒnəˈskɒpɪk, ˌkrəʊnə- /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• chronoscopic adjective
• chronoscopically adverb
• chronoscopy noun

Etymology

Origin of chronoscope

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

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

From The Silent Bullet by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

H, Hipp Chronoscope; R, rheostat; C, commutator; SC, storage cells; GB, 'Excello' gravity battery; F, Cattell's falling screen; T, reaction table; RK, reaction key; SK, Stimulating apparatus; K, key in chronoscope circuit; S, stimulus circuit.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

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.

From The Story of the Mind by Baldwin, James Mark

IC, interrupted circuits; CC, chronoscope circuit; X, key for making stimulus circuit and breaking chronoscope circuit; B, stimulus battery; S, string from reaction key to animal.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo