- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A metronome.
- (n.) An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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