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clockwork Noun 1. a mechanism similar to that of a spring-driven clock, as in a wind-up toy 2. like clockwork with complete regularity and precision
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Translationsadj [toy, train] → de cuerda adj [toy, train] → mécanique like clockwork → wie am Schnürchen adj [toy, train] → a molla |
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In spite of all that has happened since, I still remember that vigil very distinctly: the black and silent observatory, the shadowed lantern throwing a feeble glow upon the floor in the corner, the steady ticking of the clockwork of the tele- scope, the little slit in the roof--an oblong profundity with the stardust streaked across it. A wire ran from the clockwork to one of the poles of the battery, and from the other pole through the partition into the other compartment, a second wire returning directly to the clockwork. Then I once more rebounded heavenwards, at the vision of the eager dreamy lad whose question had set going all this odd clockwork of association. |
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