clock tower
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clock tower
noun clock towers
- A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces. An astronomical clock tower, built at K'ai-feng in the eleventh century under imperial orders, relied on a highly sophisticated combination of water-driven gears (seen at right center in the cutaway diagram above) to rotate an armillary sphere (under the thatched roof) and a celestial globe (located
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noun tower having a large clock
| Español | torre del reloj |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시계탑 sigyetap |
| 日本語 | 時計台 tokeidai |
| हिन्दी | घंटाघर ghaṇṭāghar, धर्मघड़ी dharmaghṛī |
| Français | tour de l'horloge |
| Deutsch | Uhrturm |
| Română | turn cu ceas |
| Русский | часова́я ба́шня časovája bášnja |
| Tiếng Việt | tháp đồng hồ |
| العربية | بُرْج سَاعَة burj sāʕa |
| עברית | מגדל שעון migdal sha'on |
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@misc{clock_tower_2026,
title = {clock tower},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clock%20tower},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
