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chronoscope

[kron-uh-skohp, kroh-nuh-]

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noun

an electronic instrument for measuring accurately very brief intervals of time, as in determining the velocity of projectiles.

chronoscope

/ ˈkrəʊnə-, ˈkrɒnəˌskəʊp, ˌkrɒnəˈskɒpɪk, ˌkrəʊnə- /

noun

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
ˌ��ǲԴ�ˈ��Ǳ辱�� adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chronoscope¹

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

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

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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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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.

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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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chronopher chronotherapy

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