| Timer (n.) 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. Thesaurus Entries Big Ben, annalist, automatic switch, calendar maker, calendarist, channel selector, check valve, chronicler, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, chronometer, clock, clock movement, clockmaker, clockworks, contour follower, control valve, diarist, electronic control, emergency control, finder switch, flowmanostat, horologe, horologist, horologium, internal selector, rectifier, register regulator, safety control, safety fuse, safety stop, safety switch, safety valve, selector switch, sequence switch, servo valve, thermoswitch, ticker, timekeeper, timepiece, turnip, voltage regulator, voltage stabilizer, watch, watchmaker, watchworks |