chronometry

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时间测定法,测时法,计时法,计时学

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the art of measuring time accurately.
- : measurement of time by periods or divisions.

Our chronometry depends on the annual motion of the Earth round the Sun.
This ingenious and valuable discovery introduced a new ra in chronometry.
Chronometry we shall find, but not chronicles; astronomy with astrological aims; ritual, but no records.
To decipher these and to apply them as the elements of a new historic chronometry, are the legitimate ends of Archæology.