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Synonyms for stopwatch

Grammar : Noun
Spell : stop-woch
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɒpˌwɒtʃ

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Définition of stopwatch

Origin :
  • also stop-watch, 1737, from stop (v.) + watch (n.).
  • As in watch : noun clock worn on body
  • As in timepiece : noun device that tells time
  • As in clock : noun timekeeping device
Example sentences :
  • He never looked at Natica, nor at the Hartopp; but he tossed me a stopwatch and told me to keep time.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
  • The stopwatch which measures every movement in fractions of a second has become the symbol of this new economic period.
  • Extract from : « Psychology and Industrial Efficiency » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • Come soon to England and bring your automobile, and we will conspire against you with a policeman and a stopwatch.
  • Extract from : « A Maker of History » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Suiting action to word, he took up his stopwatch and set the needle swinging.
  • Extract from : « The Skylark of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
  • I don't think I can answer that question accurately, because the time approximation, without a stopwatch, would be difficult.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Do you remember offhand what the stopwatch timed us at—I think we did it twice, is that correct?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Did we make any or do any stopwatch tests about any route from the southeast corner of the sixth floor down to the lunchroom?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • You saw the stopwatch on all of these timing occasions when it was started and when it was stopped, is that correct?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • When you—you saw me start the stopwatch and you saw me stop it there, right?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • And when in Dallas, we started the stopwatch from the time that the last shot was fired, is that correct?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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