any of various devices, such as a clock, watch, or chronometer, which measure and indicate time
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time•piece /ˈtaɪmˌpis/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Timea device for measuring and recording the progress of time, as a clock.
time•piece
(tīm′pēs′),USA pronunciation n.
- Timean apparatus for measuring and recording the progress of time;
chronometer. - Timea clock or a watch.
- time + piece 1755–65
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'timepiece' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
balance wheel
- barometric error
- center wheel
- chronograph
- chronometer
- clock
- compensating balance
- face
- fraise
- gain
- gimmal
- going train
- hairspring
- horologe
- horologium
- hour
- hour hand
- jump dial
- lose
- minute hand
- quarter-hour
- quartz movement
- rate
- regulator
- regulator pin
- repeater
- second hand
- self-winding
- strike
- striker
- striking train
- sweep hand
- sweep-second
- synchronize
- time of day
- timekeeper
- tourbillion
- watch
- wheelwork