Chronometry (from Greek χρόνος "time" and μέτρηση "measurement") is the science of the measurement of time, or timekeeping. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of
It is not to be confused with chronology, the science of of locating events in time, which often relies upon it. Definition A chronology may be either relative &mdashthat is locating related events relative to each other&mdashor ''absolute'' &mdashlocating
| This standards- or measurement-related article is a stub. A chronometer watch is a Watch tested and certified to meet certain precision standards Cognitive chronometry refers to the systematic measurement of response time as a means of illuminating either mental operations or mental associations For thousands of years devices have been used to measure and keep track of Time. Mental chronometry is the use of response time in perceptual-motor tasks to infer the content duration and temporal sequencing of cognitive operations Timeline of Time Measurement Technology 270 BC - Ctesibius builds a popular Water clock, called Standardization (or standardisation) is the process of developing and agreeing upon technical standards. Measurement is the process of estimating the magnitude of some attribute of an object such as its length or weight relative to some standard ( unit of measurement) such as You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |