| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations | | Section VI. Time | | 1. Absolute Time |
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| 114. [Estimation, Measurement, and Record of Time.] Chronometry. |
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| NOUN: | CHRONOMETRY, horometry, chronology, horology; date, epoch; style, era, age.
almanac, calendar, ephemeris; standard time, daylight-saving time; register, registry; chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram, isochronon.
[INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF TIME] clock, watch; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, horologium [rare], hydroscope, pendule [F.], hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry or ghari [Hind.].
CHRONOGRAPHER, chronologer, chronologist, horologer; annalist.
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| VERB: | FIX THE TIME, mark the time; date, register, chronicle, chronologize; measure time, beat time, mark time; bear date.
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| ADJECTIVE: | CHRONOLOGIC or chronological, chronometric or chronometrical, chronogrammatical; datal [rare], temporal, isochronous, isochronal, cinquecento, quattrocento, trecento.
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| ADVERB: | o’clock.
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| QUOTATION: | We were none of us musical, though Miss Jenkins beat time, out of time, by way of appearing so.—Gaskell |
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