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clepsydra

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Noun
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clep=sy=dra

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun clepsydra has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

clepsydran. [L. from Gr. ; to steal, conceal + water.].
     A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

clepsydra, n. an ancient time-measuring device worked by a flow of water.

Etymology
L f. Gk klepsudra f. klepto steal + hudor water

ROGET THESAURUS

clepsydra

Chronometry

N chronometry, horometry, horology, date, epoch, style, era, almanac, calendar, ephemeris, register, registry, chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram, clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio, watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch, atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock, chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph, repeater, timekeeper, timepiece, dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra, ghurry, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper, annalist, calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year, chronological, chronometrical, chronogrammatical, cinquecento, quattrocento, trecento, o'clock.

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