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Definition: Clockmaker |
ClockmakerNoun1. Someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Repairs, cleans, and adjusts watches, clocks, and related instruments, using watchmaker's tools, measuring instruments, bench machines, and cleaning equipment: Removes mechanism from case and examines mechanism for defective parts or accumulation of foreign matter, using loupe. Disassembles parts, such as hands, mainspring, $T3escape wheels,$T1 and balance wheel, using pliers, screwdriver, and tweezers. Places parts into watch-cleaning machine and starts machine that cleans, rinses, and dries parts. Tests $T3truing II$T1 of balance wheel assembly, using truing calipers and trues assembly, using tweezers. Repairs damaged or worn parts, using watchmaker's lathe and drill press. Replaces broken parts, such as mainsprings, hairspring, jewels, stems, escape wheel, and pinions, using handtools. Assembles mechanism and oils moving parts. Places mechanism in demagnetizing machine that automatically removes magnetic properties from mechanism. Replaces mechanism in case and tests assembled instrument for accuracy, using watch-rate recorder. Adjusts balance wheel speed regulator to synchronize reading of instrument with recorder. May repair jewelry [JEWELER (jewelry-silver.) 700.281-010]. May salvage and repair watchcases and be designated Repairer, Watchcases (clock & watch). May repair clocks used in electric power system timing equipment and be designated Time-Clock Repairer (clock & watch). May be designated according to type of instrument or instrument subassembly repaired as Demand Equipment Repairer (utilities); Repairer, Hairspring (clock & watch). (references) |
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Synonym: ClockmakerSynonym: clocksmith (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Clockmaker |
| English words defined with "clockmaker": Seth Thomas ♦ Thomas. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Clockmaker (1973) | |
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| "Clockmaker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Clockmaker" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
clockmaker thomas | 11 |
clockmaker | 8 |
american clockmaker | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "clockmaker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | uhrmacher (horologist, repairer, watchmaker). (various references) | |
Italian | orologiaio (horologer, watchmaker). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockmakerclay.(various references) | |
Romanian | ceasornicar (horologer, watchmaker). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-k-k-l-m-o-r" | |
-3 letters: armlock, cackler, clacker, clocker, comaker, coracle, crackle, earlock, lockram. | |
-4 letters: cackle, calker, calmer, carcel, clamor, coaler, cocker, cockle, comake, cormel, lacker, locker, mackle, marcel, mocker, morale, oracle, rackle, recoal, recock, relock. | |
-5 letters: acock, amole, camel, cameo, carle, carol, carom, cecal, celom, ceorl, clack, claro, clear, clerk, cloak, clock, comae, comal, comer, coral, crack. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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