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timer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun timer has 3 senses
- timer(n = noun.artifact) Array - a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end; Array has particulars: chronograph, parking meter, stop watch, stopwatch
- timer(n = noun.person) timekeeper - (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed; Array is a kind of official
- timer(n = noun.artifact) Array - a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times; Array is a kind of governor, regulator
is a kind of horologe, timekeeper, timepiece
Derived forms verb time1, verb time3
Derived form verb time1
Derived form verb time4
CIDE DICTIONARY
timer, n.
- A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc. [1913 Webster]
- In electric ignition, an adjustable device for automatically timing the spark. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
timer, n.
1 a person or device that measures or records time taken.
2 an automatic mechanism for activating a device etc. at a pre-set time.
1 a person or device that measures or records time taken.
2 an automatic mechanism for activating a device etc. at a pre-set time.
THESAURUS
timer
Big Ben, annalist, automatic switch, calendar maker, calendarist, channel selector, check valve, chronicler, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, chronometer, clock, clock movement, clockmaker, clockworks, contour follower, control valve, diarist, electronic control, emergency control, finder switch, flowmanostat, horologe, horologist, horologium, internal selector, rectifier, register regulator, safety control, safety fuse, safety stop, safety switch, safety valve, selector switch, sequence switch, servo valve, thermoswitch, ticker, timekeeper, timepiece, turnip, voltage regulator, voltage stabilizer, watch, watchmaker, watchworks
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