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hourglass
n.
device for measuring time which consists of two glass bulbs joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury passes in one hour
Hourglass
An
hourglass (or
sandglass,
sand timer,
sand watch, or
sand clock) is a mechanical device used to measure the passage of
time. It comprises two
glass bulbs connected vertically by narrow neck that allows a regulated trickle of material (historically
sand) from the upper bulb to the lower one. Factors affecting the time interval measured include the sand quantity, the sand coarseness, the bulb size, and the neck width. Hourglasses may be reused indefinitely by inverting the bulbs once the upper bulb is empty.
hourglass
Noun
1. a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
(hypernym) sandglass
Hourglass
(n.)
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
hourglass
Synonyms and related words:
abbreviation, astriction, astringency, bottleneck, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, curtailment, decrease, diminuendo, hourglass figure, isthmus, knitting, narrow place, narrowing, neck, puckering, pursing, reduction, shortening, solidification, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, systole, wasp waist, wrinkling
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