clock
Noun
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subtypes:
- alarm, alarm clock - a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- analog clock - a clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial
- chronometer - an accurate clock (especially used in navigation)
- cuckoo clock - clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo
- digital clock - a clock that displays the time of day digitally
- electric clock - a clock using a small electric motor
- pendulum clock - a clock regulated by a pendulum
- system clock - a time-of-day clock in a computer system
- time clock - clock used to record the hours that people work
- turret clock - a clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower
- wall clock - a clock mounted on a wall
- clepsydra, water clock, water glass - clock that measures time by the escape of water
specific instances: big ben - clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, Londonhas:- clock dial, clock face - the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day
- fusee, fusee drive - a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
- movement - the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
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