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

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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As soon as the point touched the animal the chronoscope circuit was broken by the raising of the upper arm of the key.

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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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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.

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The stimulus key, X, was a simple device by which the chronoscope circuit, c, c, was broken at the instant the stimulus circuit, s, c, was made.

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