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Definition of Clockwork
1. Noun. Any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock.
Definition of Clockwork
1. n. The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
Definition of Clockwork
1. Noun. A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clockwork
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clockwork
Literary usage of Clockwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"On the meter case is mounted a second case, which contains an independent clockwork
movement which, in twenty-four hours, rotates a wheel a through one ..."
2. American Practice in Block Signaling: With Descriptions and Drawings of the (1891)
"The turning is effected by clockwork, actuated by a weight, which has to be
periodically wound up. A lamp fixed to the upper end of the spindle gives the ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"On Improvements in the clockwork of Revolving Lighthouses. By J. HOPKINSON, D.Sc.
In the apparatus made at the works of Messrs. Chance during the lost year, ..."
4. A Physical Treatise on Eletricity and Magnetism by James Edward Henry Gordon (1880)
"In most forms of regulator, clockwork moves the carbons towards each other, but
is generally prevented from acting by a break worked by an electro-magnet, ..."
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