Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A clepsydra.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A clepsydra.
Wiktionary
- n. A device for measuring time by letting water flow out of a container, usually through a tiny aperture.
- n. A clepsydra.
GNU Webster's 1913
- An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.
WordNet 3.0
- n. clock that measures time by the escape of water
Examples
“[410] An interesting symbol of time's ceaseless passage; the reference is to a water clock (clepsydra).”
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler
“But though the buildings were lovely and the landscaping good enough to please a Roman heart, an hour on the water clock was quite enough time to discover that whatever wealth Ma of Comana might once have possessed had vanished.”
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water phrases/words
how water is used
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Tick Tock Ya Don't Stop
Kinds of clocks.
sundial, hourglass, gnomon, water clock, tally stick, clepsydra, pendulum clock, grandfather clock, longcase clock, chamber clock, cuckoo clock, clock tower and 34 more...
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