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marine chronometers

marine chronometers is the plural of marine chronometer.

Meaning of marine chronometer

Noun

marine chronometer (plural marine chronometers)

  1. A timepiece used as a portable time standard at sea so as to enable the determining of longitude by means of celestial navigation.
    Synonyms:
    longitude clock

Questions about marine chronometers

What is marine chronometers the plural of?
Marine chronometers is the plural of marine chronometer.

Words near marine chronometers in the dictionary

  1. marine artists
  2. marine biologist
  3. marine biologists
  4. marine biology
  5. marine chronometer
  6. marine chronometers
  7. marine climate
  8. marine climates
  9. marine corps
  10. marine engine
  11. marine engineer

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