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 [tahy-mer]  

tim·er

   [tahy-mer]
noun
1.
a person or thing that times.
2.
a person who measures or records time.
3.
a device for indicating or measuring elapsed time, as a stopwatch.
4.
a device for controlling machinery, appliances, or the like, in a specified way at a predetermined time: Please put the roast in the oven and set the timer to cook it for two hours.
5.
(in an internal-combustion engine) a set of points actuated by a cam, which causes the spark for igniting the charge at the instant required.
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Origin:
1490–1500; time + -er1
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timer (ˈtaɪmə)
 
—n
1.  a device for measuring, recording, or indicating time
2.  a switch or regulator that causes a mechanism to operate at a specific time or at predetermined intervals
3.  a person or thing that times

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