timer
Measures elapsed duration
A timer is a device or mechanism that measures time intervals.
Kitchen timers count down cooking minutes; athletic timers measure race durations.
In computing, timers trigger events after specified delays.
Someone who times things—a race official, a coach with a stopwatch—is also a timer: The timer signaled the end of the round.
Time units, or extras
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- tickingRhythmic mechanical sound
- stopwatchInterval timing device
- clockDevice displaying time
count · interval · duration · lapse · period · start · finish · zero
Hinged window covering
- exposureState of being unprotected
- delayEnforced waiting period
- intervalDuration between two points
- bulbRounded storage organ
long-exposure · tripod · remote · bracketing · burst · sequence · photography · release
Electric signaling device
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- signalMessage-conveying cue
beep · sound · ring · notification · reminder · wake-up · snooze · audible
Protective melting wire
- detonatorExplosive initiation device
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- defuseRender harmless
- tickingRhythmic mechanical sound
wire · trigger · detonate · device · IED · countdown · disarm · demolition
Reproductive cell in shell
- ovenEnclosed cooking chamber
- bakingCooking with dry heat
- cookingPreparing food with heat
- roastingCooking with dry heat
boiling · steaming · poultry · thermometer · dial · mechanical · rotary · magnetic
Interval timing device
- lapOne complete circuit
- splitSeparation into parts
- raceCompetition of speed
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
interval · workout · training · rest · repetition · HIIT · Tabata · round
Circuit-breaking toggle device
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- outletPoint of release
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- programmableAble to accept instructions
automatic · lamp · light · thermostat · irrigation · sprinkler · appliance · on-off
seconds
Time units, or extras
clock · count · interval · duration · lapse · period · start · finish · zero · launch
shutter
Hinged window covering
bulb · long-exposure · tripod · remote · bracketing · burst · sequence · photography · release · countdown
buzzer
Electric signaling device
signal · beep · sound · ring · notification · reminder · wake-up · snooze · audible · loud
fuse
Protective melting wire
ticking · wire · trigger · detonate · device · IED · countdown · disarm · demolition · suspense
egg
Reproductive cell in shell
roasting · boiling · steaming · poultry · thermometer · dial · mechanical · rotary · magnetic · pinger
stopwatch
Interval timing device
sprint · interval · workout · training · rest · repetition · HIIT · Tabata · round · boxing
switch
Circuit-breaking toggle device
programmable · automatic · lamp · light · thermostat · irrigation · sprinkler · appliance · on-off · delay
timerclock
Device displaying time
stopwatch · counter · wall clock · timepiece · odometer
timereternity
Boundless temporal existence
infinity · permanence · timelessness · open-ended · boundlessness
- on timeAt the scheduled moment
- free timeUnscheduled personal hours
- all the timeWithout interruption or pause
- take your timeProceed without urgency
- once upon a timeTraditional narrative opening
- first timeMaiden occurrence
time, timely, timed, timing, timetable, untimely, overtime, timekeeper, timekeeping