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photochronograph

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photochronograph [ˌfəʊtəʊˈkrɒnəˌgrɑːf -ˌgræf]
n
(Physics / General Physics) Physics an instrument for measuring very small time intervals by the trace made by a beam of light on a moving photographic film
photochronography  [ˌfəʊtəʊkrəˈnɒgrəfɪ] n

photochronograph
1. a camera for recording motion by a series of photographs taken at brief intervals.
2. the photograph so produced.
3. a camera that records the exact time of the event it is photographing by exposing a moving sensitized plate to the tracing of a thin beam of light synchronized with the event.
See also: Photography, Time


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