Other Word Forms
- horologically adverb
Etymology
Origin of horologic
1655–65; < Late Latin hōrologicus < Greek hōrologikós, equivalent to hōrolog- ( horologium ) + -ikos -ic
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He also says he has created the prototype for a watch called Twister, on which the hands move erratically in all directions, stopping at the correct horologic position only when its owner raises a wrist to read the time.
From New York Times
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