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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.


chronoscope British  
/ ˈkrəʊnə-, ˈkrɒnəˌskəʊp, ˌkrɒnəˈskɒpɪk, ˌkrəʊnə- /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of chronoscope

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

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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.

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)

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

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

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

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

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