Definitions for Horologium

Horologium hor·o·lo·gi·um

Spelling: [hawr-uh-loh-jee-uh m, hor-]
IPA: /ˌhɔr əˈloʊ dʒi əm, ˌhɒr-/

Horologium is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in Horologium (ghilmoooru).

Definitions for Horologium

noun

  1. a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
  2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Clock, a small southern constellation between Eridanus and Dorado.

Origin of Horologium

1655-65; Latin Greek hōrológion, equivalent to hōrológ(os) timeteller (hōro-, combining form of hṓra hour + -log-, variant stem of légein to speak, tell + -os adj. su

Examples for Horologium

The following important passages then occur (Hugenii, horologium oscillatorium, pars secunda).

Reticulum, the Net, is a small constellation to the east of Hydrus and horologium.

Horologe, (Orologe), (horologium)A general term applied indiscriminately in old writings to any mechanism for measuring time.

And that's where that horologium you were talking about came from, too.

Of course it will be necessary to adjust the horologium Florae (or Flower clock) to the nature of the climate.

Varro calls the tower of Andronicus horologium, a word which Salmasius wishes to change into aurologium.

In 1669 he published his important work, "horologium Oscillatorium."

Word Value for Horologium
Scrable

0

Words with friends

0

Similar words for Horologium
Word of the day