Dictionary entry
Stopwatch
Pronunciation: /ˈstɒpwɒtʃ/
Pronunciation
/ˈstɒpwɒtʃ/
Myanmar Meaning
စံချိန်ယူနာရီ။ အချိန်ဖမ်းနာရီ။ အဓွန့်တိုင်း နာရီ။
Definition
stopwatch /'stɒpwɒtʃ/ n စံခ်ိန္ယူနာရီ။ အခ်ိန္ဖမ္းနာရီ။ အဓြန္႔တိုင္း နာရီ။
Examples
- ‘There are stopwatches and timing systems everywhere.’
- ‘They trained from scratch over the last six months and
- according to their own stopwatches
- finished in two hours and 31 minutes.’
- ‘He runs two 40-yard dashes
- and the scouts huddle to compare their stopwatches.’
- ‘If you train with a partner
- have him time you with a stopwatch
- help you count off reps at the right speed and keep you in your window.’
- ‘A straightforward extension in the method of using stopwatches is the use of electronic timers
- pneumatic tubes or other event recorders to automate the event-recording process.’
- ‘The teacher fished out a stopwatch from her shorts' pocket and gave the signal to go.’
- ‘Use either the manual selection on the cardio machine so you have a time clock or use a stopwatch of your own.’
- ‘The timer eliminated the need for a stopwatch and enabled participants to start at their leisure.’
- ‘Pedometers
- which look like stopwatches or pagers
- have become popular tools for keeping track of steps and promoting moderate exercise.’
- ‘When Megan hears the sound to start the race
- she starts the stopwatch she holds in her hand.’
- ‘They've got stopwatches to make sure we don't exceed time limits
- and it's much more athletic than it was.’
- ‘His trainer
- I presumed
- since he was the only other person out here
- was standing close by and held a stopwatch in his hand.’
- ‘The physician uses a stopwatch or a wristwatch with a second hand to time this activity.’
- ‘The chip
- which is attached to the person's trainer
- would scrap the need for stopwatches and ensure the 13-mile run goes smoothly.’
- ‘I had accidentally stopped my stopwatch so didn't know how much time I had taken
- so I really wanted to push myself to get the best time possible.’
- ‘Someone has to start the stopwatch and someone has to stop it.’
- ‘But stopwatches have become so sophisticated that scouts can clock times to hundredths of a second.’
- ‘Many years ago
- a young parent picked up a stopwatch to time her child's race at a recreation league meet.’
- ‘We called the first three breakdown services simultaneously
- and with stopwatches running waited for the tow trucks to arrive.’
- ‘Mack produced three of the working stopwatches from his pocket and held them out to Emma and Wyatt who took them in their hands carefully.’