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horological, a.|hɒrəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to a horologe or to horology; measuring or recording time.
1593T. Fale Dialling A iij b, The making of the Horologicall Cylindre..we have presently omitted. 1653W. Oughtred (title) Description and Use of the General Horological Ring, and the Double Horizontal Dial. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 297/2 The middle of the fourteenth century seems to be the time which affords the first certain evidence of the existence of what would be now called a clock, or regulated horological machine. 1867A. Barry Sir C. Barry vi. 177 Mechanical ingenuity, and horological knowledge.
Hence horoˈlogically adv., in a horological manner.
1727in Bailey vol. II. 1851 Tait's Mag. XVIII. 469 Chronologically, or rather horologically, the most convenient course. |