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Horology

The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.

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Art 76% connected

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the endi…

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Artistry 76% connected

Works of art collectively.

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Prowess 76% connected

Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.

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Horologist 74% connected

One versed in horology.

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Horologist 74% connected

One versed in horology.

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Watchmaker 74% connected

One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

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Watchmaker 74% connected

One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

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Agate line noun · 78% connection

space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

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Artist noun · 78% connection

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

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Artwork noun · 78% connection

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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Color noun · 78% connection

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different…

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Coloring noun · 78% connection

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different…

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Colour noun · 78% connection

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different…

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Colouring noun · 78% connection

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different…

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Composing noun · 78% connection

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is es…

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Composition noun · 78% connection

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is es…

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Creative person noun · 78% connection

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

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form noun · 78% connection

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are…

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Grain noun · 78% connection

the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "bread…

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Graphics noun · 78% connection

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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Kind noun · 78% connection

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are…

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Access time noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, measuring, time, principles, constructing.
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Application noun · 78% connection

Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied t…

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Balance wheel unknown · 78% connection

A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a b…

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Band verb · 78% connection

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instr…

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Board noun · 78% connection

electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical…

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Chronometry noun · 78% connection

The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.

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Clock noun · 78% connection

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…

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Control board noun · 78% connection

electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical…

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Control panel noun · 78% connection

electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical…

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Dashboard noun · 78% connection

instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls

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Deal noun · 78% connection

To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.

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Dial noun · 78% connection

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp.…

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Dialing noun · 78% connection

The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials.

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Dialist noun · 78% connection

A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.

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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the f…

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Electro-telegraphy noun · 78% connection

The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.

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Fascia noun · 78% connection

instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls

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Fractionally adverb · 78% connection

By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions.

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