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Pendulum clock

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anniversary clocknounA mechanical clock that keeps time by means of a torsion pendulum.
swing wheelnounThe wheel that drives a clock's pendulum, corresponding to the balance wheel in a watch.
balancenoun(uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
compensation pendulumnounA pendulum constructed so that its rod is not altered in length by changes of temperature.
remontoirnounA device in a clock which provides a regular impulse to the pendulum.
pendulum wirenounA kind of flat steel wire for clock pendulums.
pendulumnoun(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
clockweightnounOne of the weights that regulate the mechanism of a clock.
water clocknoun(chiefly historical) A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.
analog clocknoun(retronym) A clock that displays the time using hands that move mechanically around its face.
waterclocknounAlternative spelling of water clock. [(chiefly historical) A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.]
bracket clocknounA spring-driven clock, without hanging weights, constructed in the same style.
countwheelnounThe wheel in a clock that regulates the number of strokes.
wilberforce pendulumnounA pendulum consisting of a mass suspended by a long helical spring and free to turn on its vertical axis, twisting the spring; used as a demonstration in physics education.
balance wheelnounThe timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.
sand clocknounhourglass
clockworknounA 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.
drumhead clocknounA clock, often a grandfather clock, having the face in a circular housing.
pendulum sawnounA mechanically powered circular saw with the blade mounted so it can swing into the material.
flower clocknounAn assemblage of flowers which open and close at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.

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