water clock
water clock noun: a device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.
Noun
water clock (plural water clocks)
- A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.
- [O]ur captain, or the juragan, gives the course, guided partly by the compass and partly by the direction of the wind, and a watch of two or three on the poop look after the trimming of the sails and call out the hours by the water-clock. This is a very ingenious contrivance, which measures time...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 169
- Synonyms:
- clepsydra
water clock meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
water clock in Hindi
- device for measuring time
- जल घड़ी jal ghaṛī
water clock in Tamil
- நீர்க் கடிகாரம், நீர்க் கடிகை
water clock in Urdu
- device for measuring time
- جَل گَھڑی jal ghaṛī
water clock in Bengali
- device for measuring time
- জলঘড়ি jolghoṛi
More languagesFewer languages
- water clock in Gujarati
- ઘડી ghaṛī
- water clock in Sanskrit
- घटी ghaṭī
- water clock in Arabic
- سَاعَةٌ مَائِيَّة sāʕatun māʔiyya
- water clock in Malay
- jam air
- water clock in Indonesian
- jam air
- water clock in Thai
- นาฬิกาน้ำ naa-lí-gaa-náam
- water clock in Vietnamese
- đồng hồ nước
Synonyms of water clock
Forms of water clock
| plural | water clocks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | waterclock |
Questions about water clock
- What does water clock mean?
- Water clock means a device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.
- What is water clock in Hindi?
- Water clock in Hindi is जल घड़ी (jal ghaṛī). See Water clock meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is water clock?
- Water clock is a noun.
- What is the plural of water clock?
- The plural of water clock is water clocks.
Words near water clock in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: water clock (page history and authors); water clock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઘડી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); घटी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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