CHRONOMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chronometer mean? 

• CHRONOMETER (noun)
  The noun CHRONOMETER has 1 sense:

1. an accurate clock (especially used in navigation)

  Familiarity information: CHRONOMETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRONOMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accurate clock (especially used in navigation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chronometer" is a kind of...):

clock (a timepiece that shows the time of day)

 Context examples 

As it was, he found Spencer's explanation of things convincing; and, as he phrased it to himself, to give up Spencer would be equivalent to a navigator throwing the compass and chronometer overboard.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“I wish I had thought to bring Wolf Larsen’s chronometer and sextant,” I said, still gloomily.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)