wall clock

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wall clock

noun wall clocks

  1. A clock mounted on a wall.
  2. The measure of wall time, the actual amount of time taken from the start to the end of an operation. In recent years a consensus has been reached among many scientists in the field that the most relevant measure of run time is actual wall-clock elapsed time.

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noun clock mounted on a wall

Españolreloj de pared
한국어벽시계 byeoksigye
日本語掛け時計 kakedokei
中文掛鐘 /挂钟 guàzhōng, 壁鐘 /壁钟 bìzhōng
Portuguêsrelógio de parede
Françaishorloge murale
DeutschWanduhr
Русскийнасте́нные часы́ nasténnyje časý
Tiếng Việtđồng hồ treo tường
עבריתשְׁעוֹן קִיר she'on kir

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@misc{wall_clock_2026,
  title = {wall clock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wall%20clock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}