autotimer

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ timer.

Noun

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 […]