wall clock
wall clock noun: a clock mounted on a wall.
Noun
wall clock (plural wall clocks)
- A clock mounted on a wall.
- The measure of wall time, the actual amount of time taken from the start to the end of an operation.
- In recent years a consensus has been reached among many scientists in the field that the most relevant measure of run time is actual wall-clock elapsed time.1996, Roger W. Hockney, The Science of Computer Benchmarking, SIAM, →ISBN, pages 19–20
wall clock meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese
wall clock in Tamil
- சுவர் மணிப்பொறி, சுவர்க் கடிகாரம், சுவர்க்கடிகையாரம், சுவர்நேரங்காட்டி
wall clock in Indonesian
- clock mounted on a wall
- jam dinding
wall clock in Vietnamese
- clock mounted on a wall
- đồng hồ treo tường
Forms of wall clock
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Words formed from wall clock
Questions about wall clock
- What does wall clock mean?
- Wall clock means a clock mounted on a wall.
- What is wall clock in Tamil?
- Wall clock in Tamil is சுவர் மணிப்பொறி, சுவர்க் கடிகாரம், சுவர்க்கடிகையாரம். See Wall clock meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wall clock?
- Wall clock is a noun.
- What is the plural of wall clock?
- The plural of wall clock is wall clocks.
Words near wall clock in the dictionary
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