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  2. Stopwatch - Wikipedia

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    The text below the image shows the time that corresponds to the movement of the indicator around the stopwatch. A stopwatch is a timepiece designed to measure the amount of time that elapses between its activation and deactivation. A large digital version of a stopwatch designed for viewing at a distance, as in a sports stadium, is called a ...

  3. Timer - Wikipedia

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    A typical kitchen timer. A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops upon reaching 00:00. An example of a simple timer is an hourglass.

  4. Complication (horology) - Wikipedia

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    Chronograph, with a second hand that can be stopped and started to function as a stopwatch. Double chronograph or rattrapante, multiple second hands for split-second, lap timing or timing multiple events; Flyback chronograph, allowing rapid reset of the chronograph as it is running; Counter chronograph; Independent second-hand chronograph

  5. Cobweb plot - Wikipedia

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    An animated cobweb diagram of the logistic map = (), showing chaotic behaviour for most values of >. A cobweb plot , known also as Lémeray Diagram or Verhulst diagram is a visual tool used in the dynamical systems field of mathematics to investigate the qualitative behaviour of one-dimensional iterated functions , such as the logistic map .

  6. Digital timing diagram - Wikipedia

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    A timing diagram can contain many rows, usually one of them being the clock. It is a tool commonly used in digital electronics, hardware debugging, and digital communications. Besides providing an overall description of the timing relationships, the digital timing diagram can help find and diagnose digital logic hazards.

  7. Double chronograph - Wikipedia

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    Double or Rattrapante Chronograph Wristwatch (1948) - manufactured by the Gallet Watch Company in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.. The Double chronograph, also known as a split-seconds chronograph, is a watch that includes two distinct stopwatch mechanisms in order to measure two separate events concurrently and/or comparatively.

  8. 555 timer IC - Wikipedia

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    The internal block diagram and schematic of the 555 timer are highlighted with the same color across all three drawings to clarify how the chip is implemented: [2] Voltage divider : Between the positive supply voltage V CC and the ground GND is a voltage divider consisting of three identical resistors (5 kΩ for bipolar timers, 100 kΩ or ...

  9. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    It is the first carillon clock as it plays music simultaneously with a person blinking his eyes, surprised by the singing birds. The Archimedes clock works with a system of four weights, counterweights, and strings regulated by a system of floats in a water container with siphons that regulate the automatic continuation of the clock.