motion work

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noun

clockwork by which the hour hand is driven from the shaft of the minute hand.

Nearby words

motion, motion capture, motion picture, motion sickness, motion study, motion work, motionless, motivate, motivation, motivation research, motivational research

Origin of motion work

First recorded in 1785–95

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Examples from the Web for motion work

We may now go to the front (or left hand) of the clock, and 538 describe the dial or “motion-work.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
The district has long been noted for the superior construction of watch tools and motion-work.
Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway|James Drake