Definitions for horology

horology ho·rol·o·gy

Spelling: [haw-rol-uh-jee, hoh-]
IPA: /hɔˈrɒl ə dʒi, hoʊ-/

Horology is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in horology (ghlooory).

Definitions for horology

noun

  1. the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time.

Origin of horology

1810-20; Greek hōro- (combining form of hṓra hour) + -logy

Examples for horology

A capital bit of horology, the pendulum of which is usually compensated to sidereal time, for astronomical purposes.

It will be worth while by way of illustration to point to the assistance given by horology to astronomical and nautical science.

He was not, however, dissuaded from his preoccupation with horology.

There were many offshoots and developments of this main stem of Chinese horology.

In any modern work on horology of value, the metric system is used.

Vitality, says Huxley, has no more reality than the horology of a clock.

He does not think, as the Prussian does, that he founds a new school of horology by starting before the word "Go."

We now come to consider the date of the next grand step in the progress of horology,—namely, that of the invention of the clock.

In the early days of horology the apprentice was taught the art of making a complete watch.

The allusion to the Emperor's passion for horology was received with great applause.

Word Value for horology
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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