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chronograph

Syllables: chron·o·graph/ˈkɹɒ.nə.ɡɹɑːf/US/ˈkɹɑ.nəˌɡɹæf/

chronograph noun: a chronogram.

Noun

chronograph (plural chronographs)

  1. (obsolete) A chronogram.
  2. A device which marks or records time or time intervals.
  3. A combination of a watch and a stopwatch.
    • Along this critical length Sir Nigel [Gresley], completely unmoved and in a very cheerful humour, came into my compartment and sat down next to me, with the immense chronograph in his hand that he had had made specially for speed recording; [...].1941 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 263

Verb

chronograph (third-person singular simple present chronographs, present participle chronographing, simple past and past participle chronographed)

  1. To make an accurate measurement of the speed of a projectile.

chronograph meaning in Tamil and Arabic

chronograph in Tamil

எறியல்வேகமானி, நேரம்பதிகருவி, மணிப்பொறி, கால வரைபடம், காலவரயம்

chronograph in Arabic

device which marks or records time or time intervals
كْرُونُوغْرَاف krūnūḡrāf

Forms of chronograph

Noun
pluralchronographs
Verb
third-person singular presentchronographs
present participlechronographing
past participlechronographed
pastchronographed

Plural of chronograph: chronographs

Origin of chronograph

From Ancient Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos, “chronicler”). Equivalent to chrono- + -graph.

Words formed from chronograph

Questions about chronograph

What does chronograph mean?
Chronograph means a chronogram.
What is chronograph in Tamil?
Chronograph in Tamil is எறியல்வேகமானி, நேரம்பதிகருவி, மணிப்பொறி. See Chronograph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chronograph?
Chronograph can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chronograph?
Chronograph is pronounced /ˈkɹɒ.nə.ɡɹɑːf/ (UK).
What is the plural of chronograph?
The plural of chronograph is chronographs.

Words near chronograph in the dictionary

  1. chronogrammatically
  2. chronogrammatist
  3. chronogrammatists
  4. chronogrammic
  5. chronograms
  6. chronograph
  7. chronographed
  8. chronographer
  9. chronographers
  10. chronographia
  11. chronographic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chronograph (page history and authors); chronograph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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