time clockn.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪm klɒk/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪm ˌklɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., clock n.¹

Etymology: < time n. + clock n.¹

1. A clock incorporating a device for recording employees' times of arrival and departure.The exact meaning of the use in quot. 1857 is not clear; although reference to the device described at this sense is a plausible interpretation from the context, most sources agree that time clocks of this type were not introduced until the 1880s.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > timer or chronograph

stop-watch1740

time marker1835

time recorder1836

hourglass1852

time clock1857

time lock1858

egg-glass1867

chronograph1868

egg-timer1869

timer1869

gunner's pendulum1876

time switch1884

chess-clock1905

phototimer1942

pinger1950

shot clock1967

1857 S. Kydd Hist. Factory Movement II. 61 On a shield was painted a billy-roller, a time clock, a book of fines, a screw key, and a knotted strap, the whole supported by two factory cripples.

1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail 56 [He] pulled a wire leading to a time-clock.

1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. i. 2 What happens when you have shown your pass and punched the time~clock?

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 4 July 6- c/4 I am not the nine-to-five cat—couldn't punch a time clock if my life depended on it.

2003 ‘Zane’ Nervous vii. 43 I can't believe in this day and time we still have to punch time clocks.

2. A switching mechanism activated at preset times by a built-in clock, typically to turn an appliance on or off.

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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

1919 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 50/1 A time-clock, which starts a motor, this in turn causing six large tanks to scatter feed.

1930 Engineering 1 Aug. 130/1 Special terms for night service has encouraged the use of heat-storage ovens... In France, on weekdays, the luncheon interval lasts two hours, and that gives a pause in the factory power consumption which, with the aid of time-clocks, allows of a valuable heat storage period.

1961 Listener 19 Oct. 629/3 Running costs also tend to be higher but a judicious use of time clocks can keep these in check.

2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) iii. 122 A device consisting of a time clock which automatically switches the boiler and pump on and off.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	time clock
释义	time clockn. Brit. /ˈtʌɪm klɒk/, U.S. /ˈtaɪm ˌklɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., clock n.¹ Etymology: < time n. + clock n.¹ 1. A clock incorporating a device for recording employees' times of arrival and departure.The exact meaning of the use in quot. 1857 is not clear; although reference to the device described at this sense is a plausible interpretation from the context, most sources agree that time clocks of this type were not introduced until the 1880s. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > timer or chronograph stop-watch1740 time marker1835 time recorder1836 hourglass1852 time clock1857 time lock1858 egg-glass1867 chronograph1868 egg-timer1869 timer1869 gunner's pendulum1876 time switch1884 chess-clock1905 phototimer1942 pinger1950 shot clock1967 1857 S. Kydd Hist. Factory Movement II. 61 On a shield was painted a billy-roller, a time clock, a book of fines, a screw key, and a knotted strap, the whole supported by two factory cripples. 1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail 56 [He] pulled a wire leading to a time-clock. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. i. 2 What happens when you have shown your pass and punched the time~clock? 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 4 July 6- c/4 I am not the nine-to-five cat—couldn't punch a time clock if my life depended on it. 2003 ‘Zane’ Nervous vii. 43 I can't believe in this day and time we still have to punch time clocks. 2. A switching mechanism activated at preset times by a built-in clock, typically to turn an appliance on or off. 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 1919 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 50/1 A time-clock, which starts a motor, this in turn causing six large tanks to scatter feed. 1930 Engineering 1 Aug. 130/1 Special terms for night service has encouraged the use of heat-storage ovens... In France, on weekdays, the luncheon interval lasts two hours, and that gives a pause in the factory power consumption which, with the aid of time-clocks, allows of a valuable heat storage period. 1961 Listener 19 Oct. 629/3 Running costs also tend to be higher but a judicious use of time clocks can keep these in check. 2002 R. D. Treloar Plumbing: Heating & Gas Installations (ed. 2) iii. 122 A device consisting of a time clock which automatically switches the boiler and pump on and off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857
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