TIMEPIECE
Dictionary entry overview: What does timepiece mean?
• TIMEPIECE (noun)
The noun TIMEPIECE has 1 sense:
1. a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
Familiarity information: TIMEPIECE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TIMEPIECE (noun)
Meaning:
A measuring instrument or device for keeping time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
horologe; timepiece; timekeeper
Hypernyms ("timepiece" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Meronyms (parts of "timepiece"):
balance; balance wheel (a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat)
dial (the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours)
escapement (mechanical device that regulates movement)
hairspring (a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece)
hand (a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece)
time-ball (a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "timepiece"):
atomic clock (a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules)
clock (a timepiece that shows the time of day)
sandglass (timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage)
sundial (timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial)
timer (a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end)
ticker; watch (a small portable timepiece)
