Definition of Stopwatch

1. Noun. A timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race).

Exact synonyms: Stop Watch
Generic synonyms: Timer

Definition of Stopwatch

1. Noun. A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stopwatch

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stopwatch

stopping distances
stopping over
stopping point
stopping power
stoppings
stopple
stoppled
stopples
stoppling
stops
stops over
stopsign
stopsigns
stopstreet
stopt
stopwatch (current term)
stopwatches
stopword
stopwords
storabilities
storability
storable
storables
storage
storage area
storage battery
storage cell
storage device
storage devices
storage hypervisor

Literary usage of Stopwatch

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

1. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of ...edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1996)
"P. When the participant begins to step on the step, start the stopwatch and ... T. At the 3-minute interval, stop the stopwatch and record the heart rate ..."

2. Technical Gas and Fuel Analysis by Alfred Holmes White (1920)
"The stopwatch is started as the hand crosses the zero and stopped after one ... The observer starts the stopwatch as the large hand of tl\e meter passes the ..."

3. Practical Lessons in Physical Measurement by Alfred George Earl (1894)
"Mean time, '8319 second (from 10 observations with stopwatch). Owing to the rapidity with which the pendulum began to move after the third position, ..."

4. Elements Of Ergonomics Programs: A Primer Based On Workplace Evaluations Of by Alexander L. Cohen (1998)
"To verify the accuracy of the video camera to record in real time, videotape a worker or job with a stopwatch running in the field of view for at least 1 ..."

5. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Standing pulse minus the reclining pulse gives the increase on standing. 5. The systolic pressure is taken as before and recorded. 6. Timed by a stopwatch, ..."

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