timer

Definitions

General English

• noun a device which times things

Computing

• noun a device which records the time taken for an operation to be completed

Electronics

• An instrument or device utilized to measure time intervals, such as those occurring between events, or that required to complete a given operation.
• A timer (1) that controls the duration of a pulse, operation, event, process, or the like.
• A timer (1) utilized to power, or otherwise activate a circuit, device, piece of equipment, system, mechanism, process, or the like.
• A timer (1) utilized for synchronization purposes.

Information & Library Science

• noun a device which can be set or pre-set to measure the time taken to do an activity

Military

• noun a device for arming or initiating an improvised explosive device (IED) at a pre-set time

Nearby Definitions of “timer”

• timecode
• timed out
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• timestamp
• timetable
• timid

Contexts for “timer”

8 definitions in context
• General English
• Computing
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science
• Military