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horologic, a.|hɒrəʊˈlɒdʒɪk|
[ad. L. hōrologic-us, a. Gr. ὡρολογικός, f. ὥρα hour + -λογος telling: see -ic.]
Of or pertaining to horology.
1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 377 Horologic knowledge they want, as may be supposed by that..King who upon first view of a Watch..believed it a living creature. 1850J. Leitch tr. C.O. Müller's Anc. Art §153 (ed. 2) 128 The octagonal horologic building of Andronicus Cyrrhestes. 1859Wraxall tr. R. Houdin iii. 21 Blois, a town which has long excelled in the horologic art.
b. Bot. Of a flower: Opening and closing at certain hours.
1882in Ogilvie, and later Dicts. |