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clock (encz) | clock,hodiny |
Clock (gcide) | Clock \Clock\ (kl[o^]k), v. t.
To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
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Clock (gcide) | Clock \Clock\, v. t. & i.
To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.]
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Clock (gcide) | Clock \Clock\, n. (Zool.)
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle ({Scarab[ae]us
stercorarius}).
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Clock (gcide) | Clock \Clock\ (kl[o^]k), 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; in ordinary mechanical clocks for
domestic or office use the time is indicated on a
typically circular face or dial plate containing two
hands, pointing to numbers engraved on the periphery of
the face, thus showing the hours and minutes. The works of
a mechanical clock 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. In electrical or electronic
clocks, the time may be indicated, as on a mechanical
clock, by hands, but may also be indicated by direct
digital readout, with the hours and minutes in normal
Arabic numerals. The readout using hands is often called
analog to distinguish it from the digital readout. Some
clocks also indicate the seconds. Clocks are not adapted,
like the watch, to be carried on the person. Specialized
clocks, such as atomic clocks, may be constructed on
different principles, and may have a very high precision
for use in scientific observations.
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2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] --Walton.
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3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a
stocking. --Swift.
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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.
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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.
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clock (wn) | clock
n 1: a timepiece that shows the time of day
v 1: 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" [syn: clock, time] |
clock (foldoc) | clock
A circuit in a processor that generates a
regular sequence of electronic pulses used to synchronise
operations of the processor's components. The time between
pulses is the cycle time and the number of pulses per second
is the clock rate (or frequency).
The execution times of instructions on a computer are usually
measured by a number of clock cycles rather than seconds.
Clock rates for various models of the computer may increase
as technology improves, and it is usually the relative times
one is interested in when discussing the instruction set.
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clock (jargon) | clock
n.,v.
1. [techspeak] The master oscillator that steps a CPU or other digital
circuit through its paces. This has nothing to do with the time of day,
although the software counter that keeps track of the latter may be derived
from the former.
2. vt. To run a CPU or other digital circuit at a particular rate. “If you
clock it at 1000MHz, it gets warm.”. See overclock.
3. vt. To force a digital circuit from one state to the next by applying a
single clock pulse. “The data must be stable 10ns before you clock the
latch.”
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clock (devil) | CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern
for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.
A busy man complained one day:
"I get no time!" "What's that you say?"
Cried out his friend, a lazy quiz;
"You have, sir, all the time there is.
There's plenty, too, and don't you doubt it --
We're never for an hour without it."
Purzil Crofe
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clockwise (mass) | clockwise
- v smere hodinových ručičiek |
roundtheclock (mass) | round-the-clock
- celodenný |
alarm clock (encz) | alarm clock,budík n: |
anti-clockwise (encz) | anti-clockwise,levotočivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
anticlockwise (encz) | anticlockwise,proti směru hodinových ručiček Zdeněk Brož |
around the clock (encz) | around the clock,24 hodin Zdeněk Brožaround the clock,celý den Zdeněk Brož |
around-the-clock (encz) | around-the-clock,celodenní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
astronomical clock (encz) | astronomical clock,orloj |
atomic clock (encz) | atomic clock,atomové hodiny |
biological clock (encz) | biological clock,biologické hodiny |
clock dial (encz) | clock dial, n: |
clock face (encz) | clock face, n: |
clock golf (encz) | clock golf, n: |
clock in (encz) | clock in, v: |
clock off (encz) | clock off, v: |
clock on (encz) | clock on, v: |
clock out (encz) | clock out,píchnout odchod Zdeněk Brož |
clock pendulum (encz) | clock pendulum, n: |
clock radio (encz) | clock radio, |
clock time (encz) | clock time, n: |
clock tower (encz) | clock tower, n: |
clock up (encz) | clock up, v: |
clock watcher (encz) | clock watcher, n: |
clock-watching (encz) | clock-watching, n: |
clocked (encz) | clocked,stopovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
clocker (encz) | clocker, |
clocking (encz) | clocking,stopování n: Zdeněk Brož |
clocking hen (encz) | clocking hen,kvočna n: Zdeněk Brož |
clockmaker (encz) | clockmaker,hodinář n: Zdeněk Brož |
clocks (encz) | clocks,hodiny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
clocksmith (encz) | clocksmith, n: |
clockwatcher (encz) | clockwatcher, |
clockwise (encz) | clockwise,pravotočivý adj: Zdeněk Brožclockwise,ve směru hodinových ručiček Zdeněk Brož |
clockwise rotation (encz) | clockwise rotation, n: |
clockwork (encz) | clockwork,hodinový mechanismus Zdeněk Brožclockwork,hodinový stroj n: Tolda |
clockwork universe (encz) | clockwork universe, n: |
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