| 单词 | telegraph clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmastelegraph clock telegraph clock n. now historical a clock which is synchronized with a distant clock by means of electrical signals carried over a telegraph wire; (also) a system for synchronizing clocks in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 German clock1598 quarter clocka1631 wheel-clock1671 table clocka1684 month clock1712 astronomical clock1719 musical clock1721 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pulling clock1733 regulator1735 eight-day clock1741 regulator clock1750 French clock1757 repetition clock1765 day clock1766 striker1778 chiming clock1789 cuckoo-clock1789 night clock1823 telltale1827 carriage clock1828 fly-clock1830 steeple clock1830 telltale clock1832 skeleton clock1842 telegraph clock1842 star clock1850 weight-clock1850 prison clock1853 crystal clock1854 pillar scroll top clock1860 sheep's-head clock1872 presentation clock1875 pillar clock1880 stop-clock1881 Waterbury1882 calendar-clock1884 ting-tang clock1884 birdcage clock1886 sheep's head1887 perpetual calendar1892 bracket clock1894 Act of Parliament clock1899 cartel clock1899 banjo-clock1903 master clock1904 lantern clock1913 time clock1919 evolutionary clock1922 lancet clock1922 atomic clock1927 quartz clock1934 clock radio1946 real-time clock1953 organ clock1956 molecular clock1974 travelling clock2014 1842 C. Wheatstone in Lit. Gaz. 18 June 423/1 The telegraph-clock itself was shewn in action in the library on the same evening. 1919 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 112/3 First set the watch to the best time obtainable, preferably a telegraph clock. 2013 D. R. Coen Earthquake Observers iv. 84 With standardized time still a novelty, few people could be relied on to calibrate their house clock or pocket watch to the ‘telegraph’ clock at the local railway station. < as lemmas |
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