Clock and Measure

Clock

Clock verb - Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.

Usage example: he clocked the runners

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Measure and clock are semantically related in time topic. In some cases you can use "Measure" instead a verb "Clock".

Nearby Words: clocking, clocked

Measure verb - To find out the size, extent, or amount of.

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Clock and measure are semantically related in time topic. You can use "Clock" instead a verb "Measure".

good	good clock	good measure
full	full clock	full measure
short	short clock	short measure
accurate	accurate clock	accurate measure
Other adjectives: small, actual, real, large, main, new, last.

Clock Punk: The Oubliette, most notably with the Watches that measure each citizen's time as a Noble before they are turned into robotic Quiet.

Source: Literature / The Quantum Thief
Thief of Time had as its major plot point a clock being constructed that could perfectly measure time... and in doing so, completely halt it.

Source: Time Stands Still
In Thief of Time, master clockmaker Jeremy Clockson's perfect clock built to measure the universal tick used electricity and Magitek to spin light round and round... and made a hole in the universe.

Source: When Things Spin, Science Happens

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