A timepiece designed to measure intervals of time. Often used in sports.

Not to be confused with a pocket watch, which shows the current time. Stopwatches measure time elapsed rather than telling the current time, though some devices may be able to do both.

Examples

See also

• analog stopwatch
• holding stopwatch
• stopwatch around neck
• watch

External links

• Wikipedia: Stopwatch

The following tags implicate this tag: holding_stopwatch and stopwatch_around_neck (learn more).

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