digital timer

Numeric time display

A digital timer is a device that counts time and displays it numerically rather than with clock hands or analog dials.

Digital timers count down to zero and signal when time expires, used in cooking, sports, and countless other applications: Set the digital timer for fifteen minutes.

The term distinguishes these from mechanical timers with rotating dials.

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Non-digital time-measuring device

mechanical timer · analog clock · mechanical clock

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Gravity-powered sand timer

sundial · sand timer · water clock · mechanical timer

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G