Definitions of timer [ˈtaɪ mər]

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Definition of 'timer'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) timer
a person who measures or records time; timekeeper.

2.  timer
a device for indicating or measuring elapsed time, as a stopwatch.

3.  timer
a device for controlling machinery, appliances, or the like, in a specified way at a predetermined time.

4.  timer
(in an internal-combustion engine) a set of points actuated by a cam, which causes the spark for igniting the charge at the instant required.

Etymology: (1490–1500)

Definition of 'timer'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) timer
a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end

2. (noun) timekeeper, timer
(sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed

3. (noun) timer
a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times

Definition of 'timer'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) timer
a device used to measure an amount of time
Set the timer to 25 minutes.

Definition of 'timer'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) timer
a timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc

Translation of 'timer'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a person who, or a device which, measures the time taken by anything a three-minute egg-timer.
Afrikaans: tydteller, klok	Arabic: ضابِط الوَقْت، مُسَجِّل أ	Bulgarian: таймер
Brazilian: cronometrista/cronômetro	Czech: časoměřič; stopky	German: der Zeitmesser
Danish: tidtager; timer	Greek: χρονομέτρης	Spanish: temporizador
Estonian: ajamõõtja	Farsi: زمان سنج؛ وقت نگهدار	Finnish: ajastin, ajanottaja
French: chronométreur/-euse; chro	Hebrew: שְעוֹן-עֶצֶר	Hindi: दौड़ आदि में समय का हिसाब
Croatian: mjerač vremena	Hungarian: időmérő	Indonesian: pencatat waktu
Icelandic: skeiðklukka; tímavörður	Italian: cronometrista; cronometro	Japanese: 計時係
Korean: 계시원, 시간 기록기	Lithuanian: laiko matuotojas, laiko m	Latvian: laika skaitītājs
Malay: penjaga masa; penentu mas	Dutch: tijdopnemer	Norwegian: tidtaker; stoppeklokke
Polish: chronometrażysta, zegar	Persian: زمان سنج؛ وقت نگهدار	Pashto: وخت ښود
Portuguese: cronometrista/cronómetro	Romanian: persoană care cronometre	Russian: хронометрист; таймер
Slovak: časomerač; stopky	Slovenian: časomerilec	Serbian: merač vremena
Swedish: tidtagare, tidtagarur	Thai: ผู้จับเวลา	Turkish: zamanölçen kimse
Taiwanese: 計時器，計時員	Ukrainian: хронометрист; таймер	Urdu: وقت کا اندازہ رکھنے والا
Vietnamese: người, vật tính, đo thời	Chinese: 计时器，计时员
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