Chapter Chromid to Chubby of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.

2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; — intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.

3. (Mus.) A metronome.

Box chronometer. See under Box. — Pocket chronometer, a chronometer in the form of a large watch. — To rate a chronometer. See Rate, v. t.

Chronometric
(Chron`o*met"ric Chron`o*met"ric*al) a. [Cf. F. chronométrique.] Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer.

Chronometry
(Chro*nom"e*try) n. [Cf. F. chronométrie.] The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.

Chronopher
(Chron"o*pher) n. [Gr. time + to carry.] An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.

Chronoscope
(Chron"o*scope) n. [Gr. time + -scope.] An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.

Chrysalid
(Chrys"a*lid) a. Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis.

Chrysalid
(Chrys"a*lid), n.; pl. Chrysalids. See Chrysalis.

Chrysalis
(Chrys"a*lis) n.; pl. Chrysalides [L. chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. fr. gold. Cf. Aurelia.] (Zoöl.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a).

Chrysaniline
(Chrys*an"i*line) n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + E. anilene.] (Chem.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.

Chrysanthemum
(Chrys*an"the*mum) n. [L., fr. Gr. chryso`s gold + flower.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.

Chrysarobin
(Chrys`a*ro"bin) n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + araroba a foreign name of Goa powder + -in.] (Chem.) A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.

Chrysaurin
(Chrys*au"rin) n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + L. aurum gold. So called from its color.] An orange- colored dyestuff, of artificial production.

Chryselephantine
(Chrys`el*e*phan"tine) a. [Gr. chryso`s gold + made of ivory, fr. ivory, elephant.] Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.

The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments.

Chrysene
(Chry"sene) n. [Gr. chryso`s gold.] (Chem.) One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C₁₈H₁₂, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.