Definition of clock. Meaning of clock. Synonyms of clock

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Definition of clock

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Regulate Reg"u*late (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] [L. regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.] 1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons. --Macaulay. The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. --Bancroft. 2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances. 3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc. To regulate a watch or clock, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time. Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order; rule; govern.
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Clock Clock (kl[o^]k), v. t. To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.
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Clock Clock, v. t. & i. To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.]
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Clock Clock, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarab[ae]us stercorarius).

Meaning of clock from wikipedia

- A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals...
- CLOCK (backronym for circadian locomotor output cycles kaput) is a gene encoding a basic helix-loop-helix-PAS transcription factor that is known to affect...
- The Clock or The Clocks may refer to: The Clock (1917 film), a silent American film The Clock (1945 film), an American film The Clock (2010 film), a 24-hour...
- practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation...
- The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the...
- alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to...
- A chess clock is a device that comprises two adjacent clocks with buttons to stop one clock while starting the other, so that the two clocks never run...
- In electronics and especially synchronous digital circuits, a clock signal (historically also known as logic beat) is an electronic logic signal (voltage...
- is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower itself, which stands at the north end of the...
- Time dilation is the difference in elapsed time as measured by two clocks, either because of a relative velocity between them (special relativity), or...