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Stopwatches

Scope note

Use for watches, with one or more sweephands that can be started and stopped at will, used for precise measurement of elapsed time.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000203505

Broader Terms used

watches

Term used for

stop-watches

Equivalent Terms used

stopwatch

Created

13yrs ago

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