Stopwatch
noun
A small device used to measure the amount of time something takes.
She used a stopwatch to time the race.
Often appears as...
- start the stopwatch
- stop the stopwatch
noun
A small device used to measure the amount of time something takes.
She used a stopwatch to time the race.
Often appears as...
- start the stopwatch
- stop the stopwatch
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A stopwatch is typically a handheld gadget, not a feature on a phone or computer.
He carried a digital stopwatch during the experiment.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Tool
Stopwatches are used when precise timing is crucial, like in sports or scientific experiments.
The coach always had a stopwatch at swim meets.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Clock
Don't confuse a stopwatch with a clock; it counts durations, not the current time.
Her stopwatch showed 9.58 seconds for the sprint, not the time of day.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A stopwatch is typically a handheld gadget, not a feature on a phone or computer.
He carried a digital stopwatch during the experiment.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Tool
Stopwatches are used when precise timing is crucial, like in sports or scientific experiments.
The coach always had a stopwatch at swim meets.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Clock
Don't confuse a stopwatch with a clock; it counts durations, not the current time.
Her stopwatch showed 9.58 seconds for the sprint, not the time of day.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A stopwatch is typically a handheld gadget, not a feature on a phone or computer.
He carried a digital stopwatch during the experiment.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Tool
Stopwatches are used when precise timing is crucial, like in sports or scientific experiments.
The coach always had a stopwatch at swim meets.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Clock
Don't confuse a stopwatch with a clock; it counts durations, not the current time.
Her stopwatch showed 9.58 seconds for the sprint, not the time of day.
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4 Lessons in Creativity...
and I thought, "Oh. I'm the subject of the painting." And I thought, "I'm not going to be able to do that painting." I was to the point where I was using a stopwatch and painting squares out of randomness, and I wasn't getting anywhere. So I went back and dumped all my paintings in the Arno, and I thought, I'm going to just start playing around.
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Tuffy Tales: Blindfolded...
back at my shop baby lean we used to have a field car racing Friday night and we just pick up junk cars on the side of the road and we'd race them around the field then we had quite a track setup with cones and stopwatch everybody and it just started getting out of hand you
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Carl Honore: In praise...
So, you know, even sex is on a stopwatch these days. Now, you know, I like a quickie as much as the next person, but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex -- from slowing down in the bedroom. You know, you tap into that -- those deeper,
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Saving the Creepy...
that in 80 years we're on track to lose half of all species and that's including plants i really have this stopwatch mentality i can just hear it ticking like the 60 minute stopwatch you know i just hear it ticking i mean both on my life
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Praising slowness - Carl...
sex is on a stopwatch these days now I you know I I like a quickie as much as the next person but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex from slowing down in the bedroom you know you tap into that those deeper sort
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How does your body know...
in our brains. It contains the equivalent of a stopwatch telling us how many seconds elapsed, a clock counting the hours of the day, and a calendar notifying us of the seasons. Each one is located in a different brain region.
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Meklit Hadero: The...
The musician or musicians are invited to walk onto the stage with a stopwatch and open the score, which was actually purchased by the Museum of Modern Art -- the score, that is. And this score has not a single note written
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The surprising...
and my wife holding a stopwatch to make sure that each girl had precisely one minute on the toy. So if you're anything like me or my girls, the last thing that upset you probably also had to do with unfairness.
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What is color? - Colm...
This repetitive or periodic motion is characteristic of waves. Then you notice something else using a stopwatch, you measure the time it takes for the piece of cork
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Safari Live - Day 76 PIPE...
Jared so you are experiencing it firsthand with us get your stopwatch is ready
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4 Lessons in Creativity...
and I thought, "Oh. I'm the subject of the painting." And I thought, "I'm not going to be able to do that painting." I was to the point where I was using a stopwatch and painting squares out of randomness, and I wasn't getting anywhere. So I went back and dumped all my paintings in the Arno, and I thought, I'm going to just start playing around.
Video examples
Tuffy Tales: Blindfolded...
back at my shop baby lean we used to have a field car racing Friday night and we just pick up junk cars on the side of the road and we'd race them around the field then we had quite a track setup with cones and stopwatch everybody and it just started getting out of hand you
Video examples
Carl Honore: In praise...
So, you know, even sex is on a stopwatch these days. Now, you know, I like a quickie as much as the next person, but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex -- from slowing down in the bedroom. You know, you tap into that -- those deeper,
Video examples
Saving the Creepy...
that in 80 years we're on track to lose half of all species and that's including plants i really have this stopwatch mentality i can just hear it ticking like the 60 minute stopwatch you know i just hear it ticking i mean both on my life
Video examples
Praising slowness - Carl...
sex is on a stopwatch these days now I you know I I like a quickie as much as the next person but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex from slowing down in the bedroom you know you tap into that those deeper sort
Video examples
How does your body know...
in our brains. It contains the equivalent of a stopwatch telling us how many seconds elapsed, a clock counting the hours of the day, and a calendar notifying us of the seasons. Each one is located in a different brain region.
Video examples
Meklit Hadero: The...
The musician or musicians are invited to walk onto the stage with a stopwatch and open the score, which was actually purchased by the Museum of Modern Art -- the score, that is. And this score has not a single note written
Video examples
The surprising...
and my wife holding a stopwatch to make sure that each girl had precisely one minute on the toy. So if you're anything like me or my girls, the last thing that upset you probably also had to do with unfairness.
Video examples
What is color? - Colm...
This repetitive or periodic motion is characteristic of waves. Then you notice something else using a stopwatch, you measure the time it takes for the piece of cork
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 76 PIPE...
Jared so you are experiencing it firsthand with us get your stopwatch is ready
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a standard measure and stopwatch management, and it also led to the requirement of interest-bearing currency to grow over time, the requirement of the expansion of our economy.
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Maria de Villota
Spanish Celebrity
Even now that I only have one eye, maybe I see more things than before. My life was completely against the clock, a fight against the stopwatch.
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Daley Thompson
English Athlete
The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
Quote examples
Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a standard measure and stopwatch management, and it also led to the requirement of interest-bearing currency to grow over time, the requirement of the expansion of our economy.
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Maria de Villota
Spanish Celebrity
Even now that I only have one eye, maybe I see more things than before. My life was completely against the clock, a fight against the stopwatch.
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Daley Thompson
English Athlete
The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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