Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chronometer

Chronometer , noun

[Greek {not transcribed} time + -meter: compare French chronomètre.]

1.
An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
2.
A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.
3.
(Music) A metronome.
Collocations (3)
Box chronometer , See under Box.
Pocket chronometer , a chronometer in the form of a large watch.
To rate a chronometer , See Rate, transitive verb