Sentence examples for chronometer from inspiring English sources
The word 'chronometer' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to something that measures time accurately, or to something that is used to measure time. For example: "The captain used a chronometer to navigate his ship."
noun
A device for measuring time, such as a watch or clock.
The chronometer was invented to win an 18th-century British government prize.
And did he not really adore, despite intermittent grumbles, the homage from the hundreds of admirers who beat a trail to his Weimar door?At any rate, the scientist in him would have been intrigued to learn that Goethe-ites have set up an Internet website chronometer that ticks off in milliseconds the time to their idol's birthday on August 28th.
Potassium argon is the commonest chronometer used.
In short, fluorine dating is not now and probably never will be an absolute chronometer.
The modern chronometer is, broadly speaking, a large, well-made watch but with a detached chronometer escapement, suspended in gimbals (a set of rings connected by bearings) poised so as to remain horizontal whatever the inclination of the ship.
He sent his first chronometer for trials at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1774 and again in 1776 77.
And there were times yesterday when the chronometer-tested Swiss timing looked a little off.
The Marine Chronometer Manufacture, first shown in its final version at Baselworld last March and on display at the Salon Belles Montres in Paris, is a study in contrasts, with an unusual combination of decorative artisanal handiwork and the use of new materials in the heart of the caliber.
"Since then, it has been a long apprenticeship leading up to the Marine Chronometer Manufacture".
Silicon is used in the escapements of the Galet Micro-Rotor by Laurent Ferrier, a relative newcomer, and the Marine Chronometer Manufacture by Ulysse Nardin.
There was a stir online when it was disclosed earlier this year that the secret agent would appear on screen wearing both a Seamaster Planet Ocean — a staple in Bond films since "Casino Royale" — and a Seamaster Aqua Terra Mid Size Chronometer.
