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Definition of Timepiece
1. Noun. A measuring instrument or device for keeping time.
Specialized synonyms: Atomic Clock, Clock, Sandglass, Sundial, Timer, Ticker, Watch
Terms within: Balance, Balance Wheel, Dial, Escapement, Hairspring, Hand, Time-ball
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System
Definition of Timepiece
1. n. A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
Definition of Timepiece
1. Noun. Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Timepiece
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timepiece
Literary usage of Timepiece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1901)
"NOTICE OF A BRACKET timepiece WHICH BELONGED TO ARCHBISHOP ... It is a valuable
spring timepiece, unique in construction and appearance. ..."
2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Cascade timepiece, in gilt bronze, with painting on porcelain, " Virgin with ...
timepiece, in carved bronze, on porcelain, with painting in blue turquoise. ..."
3. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"By 10 August 1954 the timepiece had been received and was in Philosophical Hall.
... »7 This clock, reputedly, was once Fig. 9. Grandmother timepiece ..."
4. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"It was decided 4 June 1935 that one would not be purchased unless it had a
historical association.6 A timepiece which fulfilled this requirement was ..."
5. Text-book on Practical Astronomy by George Leonard Hosmer (1917)
"One important method is that in which the timepiece is carried from one ...
Longitude by Transportation of timepiece. In this method the error of the watch ..."
6. Light Science for Leisure Hours: A Series of Familiar Essays on Scientific by Richard Anthony Proctor (1871)
"The earth, then, is our " chief timepiece," and it is of the correctness of ...
But how can we test a timepiece whose motions we select to regulate every ..."
7. A Manual of Field Astronomy by Andrew Hall Holt (1916)
"Longitude by Transportation of timepiece. Since the difference in longitude
between two places is simply the difference in local mean time, ..."
8. The Naval Chronicle by Stephen Jones, James Stanier Clarke (1799)
"If a person is near an Observatory a rate may be given to a timepiece, without
moving it; merely by setting the pocket watch with the timepiece, ..."
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