Stopwatch

Definition: Stopwatch

Stopwatch

Noun

1. A timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race).

Domain	Definition
Industry	High precision watch tested in different positions and at variable temperatures, certified as complying with certain standards ; watch that can be started and stopped at will for exact timing ; a watch indicating seconds and minutes(or other fractions of an hour)only. It is started and stopped by depressing the winding knob or an independent plunger. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Stopwatch

Synonym: stopo watch (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Instantaneity	Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry.
Measurement	Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Give me a stopwatch and a map, and I'll fly the Alps in a plane with no windows (The Hunt for Red October; writing credit: Larry Ferguson)
Movie/TV Titles	Stopwatch and Listen (1952)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Stopwatch Uk (reference) The Stopwatch (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	Motorola TalkAbout T6300 (AA) 2-Way Radio with Weather Radio and Stopwatch (Smoke Black, Single) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Oregon Scientific SL928D 100 Lap Sports Stopwatch (reference) Tanita 6940-dg Stopwatch Pacesetter Clock (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Stopwatch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.44% of the time. "Stopwatch" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.44%	38	55,818
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.56%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	39	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "stopwatch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kronometër (chronometer, timekeeper), kohëmatës (horologe, timekeeper, timer). (various references)

Arabic		‏ساعة التوقيف. (various references)

Bulgarian		секундомер. (various references)

Chinese		跑錶 , �'表. (various references)

Czech		stopky. (various references)

Danish		stopur (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer), tidsangiver (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer), kronometer (chronometer, chronometer watch, chronoscope, stop watch, stop-watch, timer), chronometer (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Dutch		stopwatch (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer), uurwerk (clock, watch), timer (chronometer, chronometer watch, chronoscope, stop watch, stop-watch, timer), tijdmeter (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timekeeper, timer), kronometer (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer), chronometer (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Finnish		sekuntikello (stop-watch). (various references)

French		chronomètre (stop watch, stop-watch). (various references)

German		stoppuhr (stop watch). (various references)

Greek		ρολόι (clock, watch), χρονόμετρο (chronometer, clock). (various references)

Hungarian		stopperóra (chronograph, stopper, time check, timer), stopper (stop watch, stopper, timer). (various references)

Italian		cronometro (chronometer, timekeeper, timer), cronografo (chronograph), contatempo (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ストックホル� 症候群 (stock point, Stockhom syndrome, stomach, stop, stop bit, stop motion, stoplight, stopper, straight, straight course, straight perm, straight permanent wave, straight punch, strap, strategy, streaker, streaking, stream, streamer, street, street angel, street furniture, street girl, streetcar, streetwalker, streptomycin, stress, stretch, stretching, stride, strike, strike zone, striker, string, strings, strip, strip girl, strip mill, strip show, stripe, stripper, striptease, structure). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ストップウォッチ . (various references)

Korean		기초시계. (various references)

Manx		stad-ooreyder. (various references)

Pig Latin		opwatchstay.(various references)

Portuguese		cronómetro (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer), cronômetro (chronometer, timepiece, timer). (various references)

Russian		секундомер (stop-watch). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		štoperica. (various references)

Spanish		cronómetro (chronometer, timekeeper), cronógrafo (chronograph). (various references)

Swedish		stoppur (chronometer, chronometer watch, stop watch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Ukrainian		секундомір із зупинником. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "stopwatch": stopwatches. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Stopwatch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: shopwatch. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "stopwatch" (pronounced stÄ"pwÄ'kh)
3	-w Ä' kh	deathwatch, wristwatch.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-o-p-s-t-t-w"
	-1 letter: towpaths.
	-2 letters: cowpats, towpath.
	-3 letters: cahows, chotts, coapts, cottas, cowpat, pathos, potash, swatch.
	-4 letters: ascot, cahow, caphs, capos, chaos, chaps, chapt, chats, chaws, chops, chott, chows, coapt, coast, coats, costa, cotta, hosta, oaths, opahs, pacts, patch, paths, phots, poach, pshaw, scatt, schwa, shoat, shott, staph, stoat, stopt, stowp, swath, tachs, tacos, tacts, thaws, toast.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-h-o-p-s-t-t-w"
	+2 letters: stopwatches.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
stopwatch	500	java stopwatch	5
online stopwatch	55	the stopwatch gang	4
download stopwatch	21	cage john page piano silence stopwatch turned	4
software stopwatch	18	internet stopwatch	4
palm stopwatch	15	heuer stopwatch	4
pc pocket stopwatch	10	seiko stopwatch	4
stopwatch program	10	sportline stopwatch	4
stopwatch xnote	10	stopwatch clipart	3
free palm stopwatch ware	9	download free stopwatch timer ware	3
stopwatch timer	9	pc stopwatch	3
robic stopwatch	8	download stopwatch timer	3
racing stopwatch	7	stopwatch supplier	3
virtual stopwatch	7	accusplit stopwatch	3
free stopwatch ware	7	desktop stopwatch	3
free stopwatch	6	clipboard stopwatch	3
computer stopwatch	6	calibration operating procedure standard stopwatch	3
mechanical stopwatch	6	casio stopwatch	2
analog stopwatch	6	download free stopwatch	2
digital stopwatch	5	electronic stopwatch	2
race stopwatch	5	java script stopwatch	2
		countdown stopwatch	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Stopwatch

Definition: Stopwatch

Stopwatch

Noun

Specialty Definition: Stopwatch

Synonym: Stopwatch

Synonyms within Context: Stopwatch

Instantaneity

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Crosswords: Stopwatch

Modern Usage: Stopwatch

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Usage Frequency: Stopwatch

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stopwatch

Modern Translation: Stopwatch

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Derivations & Misspellings: Stopwatch

Derivations

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Rhyming with "Stopwatch"

Anagrams: Stopwatch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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