horologe (redirected from horologes)

hor·o·loge  (hôr-lj, hr-)

n.

A device, such as a clock or sundial, used in telling time.

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[Middle English orloge, from Old French, from Latin hrologium, from Greek hrologion : hr, hour, season; see yr- in Indo-European roots + legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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horologe

any instrument or device for telling time, especially a sundial and early forms of the clock.

See also: Time

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horologe - a measuring instrument or device for keeping time timepiece, timekeeper atomic clock - a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules balance wheel, balance - a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat clock - a timepiece that shows the time of day dial - the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours escapement - mechanical device that regulates movement hairspring - a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece hand - a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes" measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something sandglass - timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage sundial - timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial time-ball - a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory timer - a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end watch, ticker - a small portable timepiece