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US standard spelling of analogue watch. [A watch that displays time by means of a dial and hands, in contradistinction to a digital watch.]
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Alternative spelling of analog clock [(retronym) A clock that displays the time using hands that move mechanically around its face.]
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A watch that displays time by means of a dial and hands, in contradistinction to a digital watch.
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A type of highly accurate atomic clock that is regulated by a resonance frequency of caesium atoms (the same frequency, 9,192,631,770 Hz, on which the precise scientific definition of the second is based).
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(attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
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Synonym of clock (“card game”)
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(computing) A signal that oscillates between a high and a low state and is used like a metronome to coordinate actions of digital circuits.
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A small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day.
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(humorous) Any of various websites that attempt to calculate when a person will die, based on calculations from their personal information (date of birth, whether they smoke, etc.).
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A clock that displays the time (hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds) in digits, rather than by hands on a dial (like a analog clock).
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A watch, usually electronic, that displays time in the form of numbers, rather than by a dial and hands.
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(by extension) A timer that can be set to sound an alarm after a certain amount of time; a kitchen timer.
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A clock used to time a game.
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(by extension) A clock or watch.
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An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial.
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An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
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A person who has a special interest in timekeeping devices.
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A device that can be set for a number of minutes (usually up to one hour) that sounds an alarm such as a bell or buzzer when the specified amount of time has elapsed; commonly used when cooking or baking.
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Alternative form of light clock [(physics) A hypothetical clock, used to show time dilation, that would count the journeys of a single photon between two parallel mirrors.]
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A precision clock that provides timing signals to synchronise slave clocks as part of a clock network.
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(electronics) To cause or produce a misclock.
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(obsolete) A portable sundial of small size.
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A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.
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A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
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A clock built to measure time based on the regular pulses from a pulsar.
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A clock that is synchronized to a remote time standard by means of radio signals
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The dial of a watch or clock on which the hours have been marked with a radium compound to make them luminous
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A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
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(horology) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
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On a clock or watch, the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed.
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A wristwatch with electronic functionality beyond timekeeping.
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(historical) a person employed to read the time over a phone line
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Synonym of nocturnal (“device for telling time”)
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The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
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(informal) A telephone service where a pre-recorded message gives the correct time.
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(slang) A watch (timepiece).
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Fitted with a time lock
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(UK) The situation where a commercial break during a television programme adversely affects electricity generation and transmission as large numbers of people are operating appliances (kettles, refrigerators, etc.) at the same time.
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Synonym of watchman's detector
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A watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock.
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(historical) An apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds.
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A device for measuring time by letting water flow out of a container, usually through a tiny aperture.
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Alternative spelling of water clock [A device for measuring time by letting water flow out of a container, usually through a tiny aperture.]
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Alternative spelling of world line [(physics) A path in spacetime, especially that traversed by an elementary particle from its creation to its destruction.]
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