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(automotive, US) A performance measure for automobiles, that measures elapsed time. The time taken for an automobile that starts from a standing start, and accelerates to 100 mph (roughly 160 km/h).
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An extremely accurate reference clock whose operation is based on an atomic process, typically the frequency of electromagnetic radiation associated with a specified energy-level transition in an element such as cesium.
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(physics) A device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds
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(electronics) Contraction of clock. [An instrument that measures or keeps track of time; a non-wearable timepiece.]
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An instrument that measures or keeps track of time; a non-wearable timepiece.
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(possibly uncommon or nonstandard) Able to be recorded by or on a timeclock, because it occurs during specific times.
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The science of measuring time by dials.
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(idiomatic) A UK Government public alert system in use during the Cold War to advise of an imminent nuclear attack. The "four-minute" adjective was not an accurate timing, but simply used as a euphemism to refer to the incoming attack as being from nuclear missiles.
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To indicate the time correctly (of a timepiece).
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A device that records, on timecards, the times that employees begin and finish work; a time clock.
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Alternative form of stop clock [Synonym of stopwatch]
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A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
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Something which resembles such a machine, either in that it travels through time or in that its interior is or appears to be larger (or more full of information or things) than its exterior suggested.
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to measure time, to determine the current time
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Alternative form of throughline [(narratology) In full through line of action: a theme that runs through the plot of a book, film, or other narrative work, or a series of such related works.]
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A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
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Alternative form of tick tock [The sound of a ticking clock.]
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A timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations on his beat.
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Synonym of pencil detonator
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(historical) A gun fired by means of an electric current, formerly used to signal a specific time of day.
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Alternative spelling of timepiece [Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism.]
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Alternative form of time signal [a visible, audible, mechanical, or electronic signal used as a reference to determine the time of day]
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A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
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Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism.
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Someone or something which times.
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An electronic or software timer used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions by generating a timeout signal if it is not periodically reset by the system.
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Synonym of watchman's detector
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