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master clocks

master clocks is the plural of master clock.

Meaning of master clock

Noun

master clock (plural master clocks)

  1. A precision clock that provides timing signals to synchronise a slave clock as part of a clock network.
    • Special details of the new station are the crystal-regulated master clock in the concourse, which controls 11 "slave" clocks and will also control those to be installed in the Harlow Mill goods depot; [...].1960 September, M. J. Wilson, “Harlow Town station opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 542

Questions about master clocks

What is master clocks the plural of?
Master clocks is the plural of master clock.

Words near master clocks in the dictionary

  1. master chief petty officers
  2. master chief warrant officer
  3. master class
  4. master classes
  5. master clock
  6. master clocks
  7. master copied
  8. master copies
  9. master copy
  10. master copying
  11. master craftsman

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