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timer
[ tahy-mer ]
/ ˈtaɪ mər /
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noun
a person or thing that times.
a person who measures or records time.
a device for indicating or measuring elapsed time, as a stopwatch.
a device for controlling machinery, appliances, or the like, in a specified way at a predetermined time: Please put the roast in the oven and set the timer to cook it for two hours.
(in an internal-combustion engine) a set of points actuated by a cam, which causes the spark for igniting the charge at the instant required.
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British Dictionary definitions for timer
timer
/ (ˈtaɪmə) /
noun
a device for measuring, recording, or indicating time
a switch or regulator that causes a mechanism to operate at a specific time or at predetermined intervals
a person or thing that times
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