chronometry

Roget category 114

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.6. Time
›› 1.6.1. Absolute time

#114. [Estimation, measurement, and record of time.] Chronometry

noun

chronometry, horometry^†, horology — date, epoch — style, era.
almanac, calendar, ephemeris — register, registry — chronicle, annals, journal, diary.
[Instruments for the measurement of time] chronogram — clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio — watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch — atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock — chronometer, chronoscope^†, chronograph — repeater — timekeeper, timepiece — dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra^† — ghurry^†.
chronographer^†, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper — annalist.
calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year.

verb

fix the time, mark the time — date, register, chronicle — measure time, beat time, mark time — bear date — synchronize watches.

adjective

chronological, chronometrical^†, chronogrammatical^† — cinquecento [Fr.], quattrocento^†, trecento^†.

adverb

o'clock.

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