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horological

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for horological.

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I am not a fan of the overly complicated watch - I mean complication in the horological sense.

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Quick take

Synonym of chronometric, of or related to horologia and horology.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Synonym of chronometric, of or related to horologia and horology.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for horological.

adjective

Synonym of chronometric, of or related to horologia and horology.

Example sentences

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I am not a fan of the overly complicated watch - I mean complication in the horological sense.

2

I'm glad that this is a thing but I don't know what it means for the average horological enthusiast.

3

Other interesting horological terminology: In upper society, one might wear morning dress while attending a matinée theatre performance...

4

Now onto the horological aspects - they're like the iPhone / app store back in the day.

5

So we're no longer talking about the highest levels of horological achievement -- that's fine, but the answer is still not what you're looking for.

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Does it run counter clockwise then, as a horological commentary on our present age of backwardness?

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But somehow, and against all usual horological practice, the tick and the tock were irregular.

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The Swiss brands have long since drawn the arbitrary line that putting electronics in the final product is an affront to horological tradition, but anything along the way is fair game.

9

We fleshbags have a pretty big problem when it comes to think outside of ourselves; be it from a humanitarian, horological, or cosmological sense.

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If you have a serious interest in learning watchmaking, the British Horological Institute offer a distance learning course on servicing, repairing and restoring clocks and watches.

11

I was at the British Museum one time, and they had an horological exhibit (clocks throughout the ages), so I asked one of the curators.

12

Co-ax movements are surely a worthy innovation, but I wouldn't want to claim it was the most significant horological innovation of the last few centuries.

Quote examples

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"horological conservator of Windsor Castle" - what an awesome job!

2

"Palimpsest of Horological Technology" shall heretofore be the moniker by which I dub a rag-tag band of madrigal performers, and/or the Macguffin from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!

3

I don't want this version, but I'll probably want the one after the next, when its twice as thin, and Ive makes another pompous video extolling its bullshit (I can't have been the only one rolling my eyes at the "horological experts" and the "conferring on how different cultures care about time"...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use horological in a sentence?

I am not a fan of the overly complicated watch - I mean complication in the horological sense.

What does horological mean?

Synonym of chronometric, of or related to horologia and horology.

What part of speech is horological?

horological is commonly used as adjective.