clepsydra

Noun

Meaning

A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gnomon chronograph clock pendulum timekeeper chronoscope atomic clock water clock hourglass water glass analog clock

Antonyms

sandglass hourglass egg timer hour glass sand glass instrument for measuring time

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Hypernyms

clock

Derivatives

clepsydrae

Examples

The clepsydra was a common utensil and everyone who used it must have known, in some sense, that the invisible air could resist liquid. Source: Internet

Needham (1986), Volume 4, Part 2, 479. The inflow clepsydra with an indicator rod on a float had been known in China since the beginning of the Han Dynasty in 202 BC and had replaced the outflow type. Source: Internet

Events * 671 Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock ( clepsydra ) called Rokoku. Source: Internet

Tablets of squares and cubes, calculated from 1 to 60, have been found at Senkera, and a people acquainted with the sun-dial, the clepsydra, the lever and the pulley, must have had no mean knowledge of mechanics. Source: Internet

The cases were put by the litigants themselves in the form of an exchange of single speeches timed by a water clock or clepsydra, first prosecutor then defendant. Source: Internet

The explanation of a clepsydra or water clock was a popular topic in the Middle Ages. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

clep clepe clepsine clepsydrae cleptobiont cleptobiosis