sweep hand

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

sweelinck, sweeny, sweep, sweep account, sweep check, sweep hand, sweep off someone's feet, sweep under the rug, sweep-saw, sweep-second, sweepback
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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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