water clock
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water clock
noun water clocks · waterclock
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A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.
[O]ur captain, or the juragan, gives the course, guided partly by the compass and partly by the direction of the wind, and a watch of two or three on the poop look after the trimming of the sails and call out the hours by the water-clock. This is a very ingenious contrivance, which measures time wel
Similar: clepsydra
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noun device for measuring time
| Español | reloj de agua, reloj ácueo/acuoso/aguoso/hídrico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 물시계 mulsigye, 누각 nugak, 누수기 nusugi, 수시계 susigye |
| 日本語 | 水時計 mizudokei |
| 中文 | 滴漏 dīlòu, 金壺 /金壶 jīnhú, 刻漏 kèlòu, 漏壺 /漏壶 lòuhú, 漏刻 lòukè, 水漏 shuǐlòu |
| हिन्दी | जल घड़ी jal ghaṛī |
| Português | clepsidra |
| Français | clepsydre |
| Deutsch | Wasseruhr |
| Italiano | clessidra |
| Ελληνικά | κλεψύδρα klepsýdra |
| Русский | водяны́е часы́ vodjanýje časý, клепси́дра klepsídra |
| Tiếng Việt | đồng hồ nước |
| العربية | سَاعَةٌ مَائِيَّة sāʕatun māʔiyya |
| עברית | שְׁעוֹן מַיִם she'ón máyim |
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title = {water clock},
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