timekeeping
Americannoun
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the act or science of marking the passage of time, such as with a sundial, clock, stopwatch, etc.
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the act of recording time spent on a task or activity, such as hours worked for pay.
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the act or skill of following a schedule or maintaining a regular beat.
adjective
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of, relating to, or used for marking the passage of time.
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of or relating to the recording of time spent on a task or activity, such as hours worked for pay.
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of or relating to the act or skill of following a schedule or maintaining a regular beat.
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More accurate timekeeping can also improve the measurement of other physical quantities, providing researchers with increasingly sensitive tools for investigating the fundamental properties of nature.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
It won’t be the first time the debate over timekeeping has made its way to Capitol Hill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Atomic clocks, meanwhile, can be used for far more precise timekeeping, with broad applications spanning defense as well as telecommunications infrastructure and data centers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Developing a reliable framework for timekeeping between planets could eventually allow for synchronized communication networks across the solar system.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 30, 2025
As a result, timekeeping was vital to the monks’ rituals.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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