intervalometer

[in-ter-vuh-lom-i-ter]

noun

an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.

Origin of intervalometer

First recorded in 1930–35; interval + -o- + -meter

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British Dictionary definitions for intervalometer

intervalometer

noun

an automatic device used to trigger an operation at regular intervals, esp such a device operating the shutter of a camera

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