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Definition of Clepsydra

Clepsydra
Clepsydra Clep"sy*dra (?; 277), n. [L. from Gr. ?; ? to steal, conceal + ? water.] A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.

Meaning of Clepsydra from wikipedia

- Look up clepsydra, clepsydrae, or clepsydras in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clepsydra may refer to: Clepsydra, an alternative name for a water clock...
- A water clock, or clepsydra (from Ancient Gr**** κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra) 'pipette, water clock'; from κλέπτω (kléptō) 'to steal' and ὕδωρ (hydor) 'water';...
- 1818 Brechites (Brechites) Guettard, 1770 Brechites (Verpa) Röding, 1798 Clepsydra Schumacher, 1817 Penicillus (Warnea) Gray, 1858 Warnea Gray, 1858...
- Muraena clepsydra, commonly known as the hourgl**** moray, is a moray eel found in coral reefs from the Gulf of California to Peru, and the Galapagos Islands...
- Aeshna clepsydra, the mottled darner, is a species of darner in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. It is found in North America. The IUCN conservation status...
- Bokermannohyla clepsydra is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Serra da Bocaina National Park and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its...
- Clepsydra Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Clepsydra plays nearly continuously to heights...
- precise timekeeping device of the ancient world was the water clock, or clepsydra, one of which was found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I. They...
- humanity's attempt to understand itself. The second part, called the "Clepsydra," or "Hourgl****," celebrates the themes introduced in the "Allegory" section...
- {H}{2}},} and the maximum range D max = H . {\displaystyle D_{\max }=H.} A clepsydra is a clock that measures time by the flow of water. It consists of a pot...