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# chronometer

«chronometer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very exact clock, used at sea to find the ship's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (chronometers)

### meaning for a pupil

A very exact clock, used at sea to find the ship's position by knowing the exact time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronometer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in adventure tales, a captain checks the ship's exact position with his chronometer

### examples

- The captain checked the chronometer before he marked the map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronometer/#x1)
- A chronometer keeps very exact time, even on a rocking ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronometer/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chronometer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chronometer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.