The phrase "a timing device" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a device that measures or controls time, often in contexts related to technology, cooking, or sports.
Example: "The new oven comes with a built-in timing device that ensures your food is cooked perfectly every time."
Alternatives: "a timekeeping device" or "a timer."
The two-step taper charger has two separate taper characteristics in operation; the first at a high current rate, the second at a lower rate, brought in by a voltage sensitive relay, which at the same time starts a timing device.
As the birds enter their home lofts, the band is removed from the leg and placed in a timing device that indicates the time of arrival.
To get high quality time-lapse shots, D.S.L.R.'s often need a timing device (called an intervalometer) to set off the shutter.
During rescue efforts at the school, searchers discovered an additional 500 pounds (230 kg) of unexploded dynamite and pyrotol connected to a timing device set to detonate at the same time as the first explosions; the material was hidden throughout the basement of the south wing.
But a timing device, which would have officially confirmed the record, did not work.
For most of his career, Floyd has used a hitch before his swing as a timing device.
He is using a toe-tap, which is a popular timing device, while taking a more abbreviated step toward the mound.
It consists of a photon counting detector, an epoch timing device and a dedicated signal cable.
The pack was fitted to the parachutist's back or chest and opened by a rip cord, by an automatic timing device, or by a static line i.e., a line fastened to the aircraft.
Evidence that was recovered showed that the plane had been blown up by Semtex plastic and a Swiss timing device of a kind sold to the Libyan military.
So Dr. Stuhlinger retired to his home garage and, in a few hours, emerged with a clever timing device made of ordinary wires, screws and nuts.
