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horologe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun horologe has 1 sense
- horologe(n = noun.artifact) timekeeper, timepiece - a measuring instrument or device for keeping time; Array has particulars: atomic clock, clock, sandglass, sundial, timer, ticker, watch
has parts: balance, balance wheel, dial, escapement, hairspring, hand, time-ball
is a kind of measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system
CIDE DICTIONARY
horologe, n. [OE. horologe, orloge, timepiece, OF. horloge, orloge, oriloge, F. horloge, L. horologium, fr. Gr. ; hour + to say, tell. See Hour, and Logic.].
- A servant who called out the hours. [1913 Webster]
- An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
horologe, n. archaic a timepiece.
Etymology
ME f. OF orloge f. L horologium f. Gk horologion f. hora time + -logos -telling
ROGET THESAURUS
horologe
Chronometry
N chronometry, horometry, horology, date, epoch, style, era, almanac, calendar, ephemeris, register, registry, chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram, clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio, watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch, atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock, chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph, repeater, timekeeper, timepiece, dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra, ghurry, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper, annalist, calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year, chronological, chronometrical, chronogrammatical, cinquecento, quattrocento, trecento, o'clock.
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