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Definition of Clepsydras

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 Clepsydras 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...
- (Figure 3). A pot with a small hole to drain the water is very similar to clepsydras described by Ohashi to measure the time (similar to the utensil used over...
- 1818 Brechites (Brechites) Guettard, 1770 Brechites (Verpa) Röding, 1798 Clepsydra Schumacher, 1817 Penicillus (Warnea) Gray, 1858 Warnea Gray, 1858...
- Clepsydra Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Clepsydra plays nearly continuously to heights...
- 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...
- also known to have worked with inflow clepsydras as opposed to earlier, typically less accurate outflow clepsydras. The measurements of synodic periods...
- 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...
- the Clepsydras, and three Observers. Following that was two Calendar Officials, eight Observers of Sunrise, and six Professors of the Clepsydra. Some...
- Aristotle refers to people who twisted wineskins and captured air in clepsydras to demonstrate that void does not exist. The fragment certainly implies...
- 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...