HOROL.

Meaning of HOROL. in English

horology.

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HOROL. — n. science of measuring time; art of creating timepieces
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TRIP — trip 1 /trip/ , n. , v. , tripped, tripping . n. 1. a journey or voyage: to win a …
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TOURBILLION — /toor bil"yeuhn/ , n. 1. a whirlwind or something resembling a whirlwind. 2. a firework that rises spirally. 3. Horol. …
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TORSION PENDULUM — Horol. a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion …
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TEMPORAL HOUR — Horol. a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number …
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SWEEP HAND — Horol. a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching …
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STRIKING TRAIN — Horol. the gear train of the striking mechanism of a timepiece. Cf. going train . [ 1880-85 ]
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STRIKE — — strikeless , adj. /struyk/ , v. , struck or ( Obs. ) strook; struck or ( esp. for 31-34 …
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SHAKE — — shakable, shakeable , adj. /shayk/ , v. , shook, shaken, shaking , n. v.i. 1. to move or sway …
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SCAPE WHEEL — Horol. See escape wheel . [ 1815-25 ]
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ROMAN STRIKE — Horol. a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking …
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REPEATER — /ri pee"teuhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that repeats. 2. a repeating firearm. 3. Horol. a timepiece, esp. …
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REGULATOR — /reg"yeuh lay'teuhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that regulates. 2. Horol. a. an adjustable device in a clock …
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RECOIL ESCAPEMENT — Horol. See anchor escapement . [ 1840-50 ]
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RATING NUT — Horol. a nut that screws onto the lower end of the rod of a clock pendulum for raising or lowering …
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RATE — rate 1 /rayt/ , n. , v. , rated, rating . n. 1. the amount of a charge or payment …
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QUARTZ MOVEMENT — Horol. an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation …
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PILLAR — — pillared , adj. — pillarlike , adj. /pil"euhr/ , n. 1. an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, …
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PENDULUM — — pendulumlike , adj. /pen"jeuh leuhm, pen"deuh-/ , n. 1. a body so suspended from a fixed point as to …
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PARACHUTE — — parachutic , adj. — parachutist, parachuter , n. /par"euh shooht'/ , n. , v. , parachuted, parachuting . n. …
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PALLET — pallet 1 /pal"it/ , n. 1. a bed or mattress of straw. 2. a small or makeshift bed. [ 1325-75; …
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OVERCOIL — /oh"veuhr koyl'/ , n. Horol. 1. a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent …
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OVERBANK — /oh'veuhr bangk"/ , v.i. Horol. to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails …
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NUREMBERG EGG — Horol. an egg-shaped watch of the 16th century: one of the earliest watches. [ 1955-60 ]
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LOCKING PLATE — Horol. a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another …
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LOCKING PIECE — Horol. (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of …
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LOCK — lock 1 — lockless , adj. /lok/ , n. 1. a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or …
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LIFT — — liftable , adj. — lifter , n. /lift/ , v.t. 1. to move or bring (something) upward from the …
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LEVER ESCAPEMENT — Horol. an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and …
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