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Timepiece   /tˈaɪmpˌis/   Listen
Timepiece

noun
1.
A measuring instrument or device for keeping time.  Synonyms: horologe, timekeeper.






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"Timepiece" Quotes from Famous Books



... Aaron handed the timepiece over. It was a heavy, double-cased gold watch, of considerable value, and he set a great deal of store by it. It was of English make, and on the inner case was an engraving of the Lion and the Unicorn. Under this were ...
— The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall - Or, Great Days in School and Out • Spencer Davenport

... for a considerable time motionless and thoughtful. The hand of the clock before him pointed to the first hour of morning. The solemn voice of the timepiece aroused ...
— Zicci, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... coveted, is not common in its impulses, and full of alloy? Who can tell if that mind, when the touchstone is applied to it, will not be found of a mean and vulgar character? Come, come," she said, "this is doubting and hesitation too much—to the proof," she said, looking at the timepiece. "It is now seven o'clock," she said; "he must have arrived; it is the hour for signing his papers." With a feverish impatience she rose and walked towards the mirror, in which she smiled with a resolute smile of devotedness; she touched the spring and drew out the handle ...
— Ten Years Later • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... was going, in the presence of this difficulty, to give way to all the impetuosity of his character, and I was preparing for a violent outbreak, when two o'clock struck by the little timepiece over the fireplace. ...
— A Journey to the Interior of the Earth • Jules Verne



Words linked to "Timepiece" :   measuring device, sundial, dial, ticker, atomic clock, clock, hairspring, measuring system, hand, sandglass, watch, escapement, time-ball, timekeeper, timer, balance wheel, measuring instrument, balance



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