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Pendeluhr Definition

Clock
(n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.
Clock
(n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes.
Clock
(n.) The striking of a clock.
Clock
(n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
Clock
(v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
Clock
(v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen. See Cluck.
Clock
(n.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).
Four-o'clock
(n.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather
Four-o'clock
(n.) The friar bird
Pendulum
(n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
Ten-o'clock
(n.) A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.
Water clock
() An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water

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clock golf a form of golf in which you putt from positions arranged on the circumference of a circle around the hole
alarm clock
alarm
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
ammonia clock an atomic clock based on vibrational frequency of the nitrogen atom in the ammonia molecule
analog clock a clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial
atomic clock a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules
ballistic pendulum a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod, when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity
caesium clock an atomic clock based on the energy difference between two states of the caesium nucleus in a magnetic field
clock a timepiece that shows the time of day
clock face
clock dial
the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day
clock pendulum a physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism
clock radio a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically
clock tower a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face
cuckoo clock clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo
digital clock a clock that displays the time of day digitally
electric clock a clock using a small electric motor
Foucault pendulum pendulum with a long wire, can swing in any direction, the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation
grandfather clock
longcase clock
a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case
gun pendulum a ballistic pendulum consisting of a suspended gun, the velocity of a projectile in the bore of a gun can be measured by the recoil when the gun is discharged
pendulum an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
pendulum clock a clock regulated by a pendulum
pendulum watch (th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it
physical pendulum
compound pendulum
pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis
simple pendulum a hypothetical pendulum suspended by a weightless frictionless thread of constant length
system clock an electronic device in a computer that issues a steady high-frequency signal that synchronizes all the internal components
system clock a time-of-day clock in a computer system
time clock clock used to record the hours that people work
turret clock a clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower
wall clock a clock mounted on a wall
water clock
clepsydra
water glass
clock that measures time by the escape of water
clock-watching paying excessive attention to the clock (in anticipation of stopping work)
clock watcher a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time
Nyctaginaceae
family Nyctaginaceae
Allioniaceae
family Allioniaceae
four-o'clock family
a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
trailing four o'clock
trailing windmills
Allionia incarnata
trailing plant having crowded clusters of brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground, found in dry gravelly or sandy soil, southwestern United States and Mexico
four o'clock any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon
common four-o'clock
marvel-of-Peru
Mirabilis jalapa
Mirabilis uniflora
common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon
California four o'clock
Mirabilis laevis
Mirabilis californica
California four o'clock with purpleed flowers
sweet four o'clock
maravilla Mirabilis longiflora
leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers, southwestern United States and northern Mexico
desert four o'clock
Colorado four o'clock
maravilla Mirabilis multiflora
wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers, found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
mountain four o'clock
Mirabilis oblongifolia
leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day, found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico
meadow salsify
goatsbeard
shepherd's clock
Tragopogon pratensis
weedy European annual with yellow flowers, naturalized in United States
ribbon fern Ophioglossum pendulum epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America
clock time
time
a reading of a point in time as given by a clock, do you know what time it is?, the time iso'clock
spacecraft clock time
SCLK
the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft
biological clock an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions
clock
time
measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time, he clocked the runners
clock in
punch in
clock on
register one's arrival at work
clock out
punch out
clock off
register one's departure from work
log up
clock up
record a distance travelled, on planes and cars
around-the-clock
day-and-night
nonstop
round-the-clock
at all times, around-the-clock nursing care
against the clock
against time
as fast as possible, before a deadline, it was a race against the clock
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Die Pendeluhr ist eine Uhr, deren Taktgeber ein mechanisches Pendel ist. Sie wurde von Galileo Galilei in seinen letzten Lebensjahren erdacht, aber erst von seinem Sohn Vincenzo gebaut. Um dieselbe Zeit befasste sich auch Christian Huygens mit Theorie und Bauart der Pendeluhr.