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noun

a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.

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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.
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In the spring of 1933, few perceived Nazism with the gravity he did.
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The wine cellar—one of the best in the world—survived World War II and is guarded around the clock.
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They thrive on packed schedules, they say, and take pleasure in working around the clock.
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The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
The specific gravity is most conveniently estimated by means of the urinometer—Squibb's is preferable (Fig. 14).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
One frequently wishes to ascertain the specific gravity of quantities of fluid too small to float an urinometer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
She would never forget it; but realizing its gravity, she decided thereupon never to tell it—the dream—to anybody.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux