Definition of Chronographs

1. Noun. (plural of chronograph) ¹

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Definition of Chronographs

1. chronograph [n] - See also: chronograph

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronographs

chronofile
chronofiles
chronogeometric
chronogeometrical
chronogeometry
chronognosis
chronogram
chronogrammatist
chronogrammatists
chronograms
chronograph
chronographer
chronographers
chronographic
chronographies
chronographs
chronography
chronoisotherm
chronoisotherms
chronokinesis
chronologer
chronologers
chronologic
chronologic age
chronological
chronological age
chronological record
chronological sequence
chronological succession
chronologically

Literary usage of Chronographs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"I thus have directed my attention to the use of electro-magnets. But the data important to their application to chronographs are completely hidden. ..."

2. The Applications of Physical Forces by Amédée Guillemin (1877)
"... are now very extensively employed in the United States of .America, the continent of Europe, and also in some of our Colonies. § IV.—Chronographs AND ..."

3. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"... II ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS Telescopes, and their Accessories and Mountings — Timekeepers and Chronographs •—The Transit-Instrument — The Prime Vertical ..."

4. Lessons in Horology by Jules Grossmann, Hermann Grossmann (1905)
"Functions of the Heart in Chronographs. 367. Chronographs are horary instruments intended to measure very small intervals of time. ..."

5. A Handbook of Engine and Boiler Trials, and of the Indicator and Prony Brake by Robert Henry Thurston (1890)
"Tachometers, Speed-indicators, Chronographs, and Counters are instruments of various kinds and classes used by the engineer in determining the speed of the ..."

6. Life in Motion; Or, Muscle and Nerve: A Course of Six Lectures Delivered by John Gray McKendrick (1894)
"... current—Interrupted current—Induction coil — Graphic method—Time in physiological phenomena—Chronographs— Study of contraction—Latent period. ..."

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