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单词 sweep hand
释义

sweep hand


noun Horology.

a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.

Origin of sweep hand

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby sweep hand

sweep, sweep account, sweepback, sweep check, sweeper, sweep hand, sweeping, sweepings, sweeping score, sweep off someone's feet, sweeps
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British Dictionary definitions for sweep hand

sweep hand

noun

horology a long hand that registers seconds or fractions of seconds on the perimeter of the dial
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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