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astronomical clock
noun
- a clock indicating or representing the movements of the sun or planets, the phases of the moon, or the sky visible at a given time, used as a means of establishing time or for additional information, as locating celestial bodies or timing their movement.
- a clock used for observing the apparent time of the meridian passages of heavenly bodies.
astronomical clock
noun
- a complex clock showing astronomical phenomena, such as the phases of the moon
- any clock showing sidereal time used in observatories
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Word History and Origins
Origin of astronomical clock1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences
This led, some years later, to perfecting an astronomical clock for measuring movements of the stars.
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I cannot stop to speak of the world-renowned astronomical clock which is contained in this cathedral.
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The practical application of this idea he afterwards adopted in the construction of an astronomical clock.
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The usual weight of the bobs of the best pendulums for an ordinary astronomical clock is about 15 ℔.
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Here, too, is a somewhat dismantled and fragmentary astronomical clock of the species best seen at Strasburg.
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