Meaning

1 senses
  1. A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.

More definitions
  • a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I need a stopwatch.

    Мені потрібен секундомір. — deniko

    deIch brauche eine Stoppuhr. — brauchinet

  2. Tom asked Mary if he could borrow her stopwatch.

  3. Do you have a stopwatch?

    ruУ вас есть секундомер? — marafon

    deHast du eine Stoppuhr? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Use a stopwatch or timer for interval training.

  5. The teacher also demonstrated with a stopwatch and a buzzer.

Origin

From stop + watch.

From stop + watch.

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Forms

plural: stopwatches
Singularstopwatch
Pluralstopwatches

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race):stop watch

See also

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