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clock-face timetable

clock-face timetable noun: a service pattern where services depart at regular intervals, and thus at the same number of minutes past each hour.

Noun

clock-face timetable (plural clock-face timetables)

  1. A service pattern where services depart at regular intervals, and thus at the same number of minutes past each hour.
    • The new clock-face timetable means services to Cardiff now depart at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour.
    • He agreed to the system of working to a clock-face timetable, although there was difficulty in fitting it in with the arrival or departure of trains.1956, Bus & Coach, Liffe & Sons., page 174

Forms of clock-face timetable

pluralclock-face timetables

Questions about clock-face timetable

What does clock-face timetable mean?
Clock-face timetable means a service pattern where services depart at regular intervals, and thus at the same number of minutes past each hour.
What part of speech is clock-face timetable?
Clock-face timetable is a noun.
What is the plural of clock-face timetable?
The plural of clock-face timetable is clock-face timetables.

Words near clock-face timetable in the dictionary

  1. clock vines
  2. clock watcher
  3. clock watchers
  4. clock wipe
  5. clock wipes
  6. clock-face timetable
  7. clock-face timetables
  8. clock-jobber
  9. clock-jobbers
  10. clock-watch
  11. clock-watched

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