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The art of clock-making
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horology
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Horology \Ho*rol"o*gy\, n. [See Horologe .] The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Horology (via Latin horologium from Greek , from hṓra "hour; time" and -o- interfix and suffix -logy ; literally "the study of time") is the art or science of measuring time . Clocks , watches , clockwork , sundials , hourglasses, clepsydras , timers , ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
science of time, 1819, probably from Greek hora "hour" (see hour ) + -logy . Earlier it meant "clock, clock dial" (c.1500), from Latin horologium . Related: Horologist .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The study of time, and the art, science and technology of timekeeping and timekeepers, (such as clocks, watches and sundials).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the art of designing and making clocks
Usage examples of horology.
Not for the first time she wondered what lay behind his decision to hold himself aloof from Gerard, given that his heroism and his mathematical prowess, to say nothing of his mastery of horology, could--if revealed to Gerard--have brought him nothing but honour and praise.
Schuyler, that young Marriott here is such a whiz in the horology line, both practically and theoretically, that he could name his own price with any firm in England?