marine chronometer

noun

Definitions

  1. A timepiece used as a portable time standard at sea so as to enable the determining of…

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

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for marine chronometer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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