About The Word Clock
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What's The Definition Of Clock?
[n] a timepiece that shows the time of day
[v] measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners" Synonyms | Synonyms for Clock: time Related Terms | Find terms related to Clock: beat time | Big Ben | brood | chronometer | clock movement | clockworks | cover | fix the time | horologe | horologium | keep time | mark time | measure time | set | set the time | sit | ticker | time | timekeeper | timepiece | timer | turnip | watch | watchworks See Also | alarm | alarm clock | Big Ben | chronometer | clepsydra | clock dial | clock face | cuckoo clock | electric clock | measure | mistime | movement | pendulum clock | quantify | system clock | time clock | timekeeper | timepiece | turret clock | wall clock | water clock | water glass Clock In Webster's Dictionary \Clock\, n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell,
G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL.
clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin;
cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf.
{Cloak}.]
1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and
other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate.
Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is
often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of
a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to
be carried on the person.
2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] --Walton.
3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] --Dryden.
4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a
stocking. --Swift.
Note: The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are
contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the
clock, etc.
{Alarm clock}. See under {Alarm}.
{Astronomical clock}.
(a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating
pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy,
for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a
regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for
regulating timepieces.
(b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain
astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon,
position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time,
etc.
{Electric clock}.
(a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or
electro-magnetism.
(b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording
apparatus.
{Ship's clock} (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one
to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the
divisions of the ship's watches.
{Sidereal clock}, an astronomical clock regulated to keep
sidereal time.
\Clock\ (kl[o^]k), v. t. To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking. \Clock\, v. t. & i. To call, as a hen. See {Cluck}. [R.] \Clock\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle ({Scarab[ae]us stercorarius}). |
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