What does horology mean?

Definitions for horology
hɔˈrɒl ə dʒi, hoʊ-horol·o·gy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. horologynoun

    the art of designing and making clocks

Wiktionary

  1. horologynoun

    The art, science and technology of timekeeping and timekeepers, such as clocks, watches and sundials.

  2. Etymology: horologia, from hora + -logia

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Horologe, Horologynoun

    Any instrument that tells the hour: as a clock; a watch; an hourglass.

    Etymology: horologium, Latin.

    ’Tis evermore the prologue to his sleep;
    He’ll watch the horologue a double set,
    If drink rock not his cradle. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Before the days of Jerome there were horologies, that measured the hours not only by drops of water in glasses, called clepsydra, but also by sand in glasses, called clepsammia. Brown.

Wikipedia

  1. Horology

    Horology (lit. 'the study of time'; related to Latin horologium; from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion) 'instrument for telling the hour'; from ὥρα (hṓra) 'hour, time', interfix -o-, and suffix -logy) is the study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers, and atomic clocks are all examples of instruments used to measure time. In current usage, horology refers mainly to the study of mechanical time-keeping devices, while chronometry more broadly includes electronic devices that have largely supplanted mechanical clocks for the best accuracy and precision in time-keeping. People interested in horology are called horologists. That term is used both by people who deal professionally with timekeeping apparatuses (watchmakers, clockmakers), as well as aficionados and scholars of horology. Horology and horologists have numerous organizations, both professional associations and more scholarly societies. The largest horological membership organisation globally is the NAWCC, the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, which is USA based, but also has local chapters elsewhere.

ChatGPT

  1. horology

    Horology is the study and measurement of time or the art and science of making timepieces or clocks. It involves crafting and repairing clocks, watches, or other devices for measuring time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Horologynoun

    the science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc

  2. Etymology: [See Horologe.]

Wikidata

  1. Horology

    Horology is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, clepsydras, timers, time recorders and marine chronometers are all examples of instruments used to measure time. People interested in horology are called horologists. That term is used both by people who deal professionally with timekeeping apparatus, as well as aficionados and scholars of horology. Horology and horologists have numerous organizations, both professional associations and more scholarly societies.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of horology in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of horology in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of horology in a Sentence

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    Horology is the study of time, [Or] anyone who deals with clocks or any facet of time keeping.

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