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Horologium

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/hɔɹəˈloʊd͡ʒiəm/US/hɒɹəˈləʊd͡ʒɪəm/UK

Etymology

See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a major work by that name.

  1. derived from ὡρολόγιον
  2. borrowed from horologium

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and…

    Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.

  2. Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have…

    Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon.

  3. A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between…

    A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and…

      Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.

    2. Synonym of chronometer or clock, a timekeeping device.

    3. Synonym of astronomical clock.

    4. Synonym of horologion, the book of hours in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.

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