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autotimer

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English

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Etymology

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From auto- +‎ timer.

Noun

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autotimer (plural autotimers)

  1. An automatic timer.
    • 1981, Anthony Byers, Centenary of Service: A History of Electricity in the Home, page 29:
      Not all the early autotimers were easy to use: one owner awoke at 3.00 am on Christmas morning to smell his turkey cooked and ready for eating twelve hours too soon!
    • 2011, Matt Warshaw, The History of Surfing, page 87:
      On December 7, 1941, a California surfer named Don James set the autotimer on his camera and took a photo of himself and two friends standing with their boards in front of a rented bungalow []