[f. Gr. χρόνο-ς time + -φορος carrying. (Cf. Christopher.)] An apparatus for the distribution of electric time-signals.
1867. Chamb. Jrnl., XXXVIII. 16 Feb., 98/2. A time-distributing apparatus, or ‘chronopher,’ the function of which is to distribute in many directions the signals received from Greenwich.
1878. Lockyer, Stargazing, 275. The hourly signal at the Post Office … is distributed by means of the Chronopher.
