sweep hand

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noun Horology.

a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.

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Origin of sweep hand

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby sweep hand

sweep, sweep account, sweepback, sweep check, sweeper, sweep hand, sweeping, sweepings, sweeping score, sweep off someone's feet, sweeps

How to use sweep hand in a sentence

The sweep hand on the chronometer made its rounds several times before he answered.
Unwise Child|Gordon Randall Garrett
There was a clock dial with a red sweep-hand which moved steadily and ominously toward a deadline time for firing.
Space Tug|Murray Leinster
This clock is a regulator with a seconds' pendulum and sweep hand on an enameled dial.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous
Satisfied, he fastened his eyes on the sweep hand of the time clock.
Stand by for Mars!|Carey Rockwell

British Dictionary definitions for sweep hand

sweep hand

noun

horology a long hand that registers seconds or fractions of seconds on the perimeter of the dial

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