Associations to the word «Timer»

Wiktionary

TIMER, noun. Someone or something which times.
TIMER, noun. A device used to measure amounts of time.
TIMER, noun. Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.

Dictionary definition

TIMER, noun. A timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end.
TIMER, noun. (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed.
TIMER, noun. A regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin