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slave clocks

slave clocks is the plural of slave clock.

Meaning of slave clock

Noun

slave clock (plural slave clocks)

  1. A clock that is synchronized by a master clock.
    • 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 slave clocks

What is slave clocks the plural of?
Slave clocks is the plural of slave clock.

Words near slave clocks in the dictionary

  1. slave camp
  2. slave camps
  3. slave chain
  4. slave chains
  5. slave clock
  6. slave clocks
  7. Slave Coast
  8. slave code
  9. slave codes
  10. slave cylinder
  11. slave cylinders

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