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grandfather clock

A pendulum clock enclosed in a tall, narrow cabinet.

[From the song My Grandfather's Clock, by Henry Clay Work (1832-1884), American songwriter.]

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grandfather clock

(Horology) any of various types of long-pendulum clocks in tall standing wooden cases, usually between six and eight feet tall. Also called: longcase clock

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grand′father

(or grand′father's) clock`,

a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock.

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grandfather clock - a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case

longcase clock

pendulum clock - a clock regulated by a pendulum

casing, shell, case - the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"

Translations

ساعة دقّاقَه في إطار خَشَبي

vysoké stojací hodiny

bornholmerurstandur

Standuhr

horloge de parquet

padlón álló ingaóra

gólfklukka

orologio a pendolo a colonna pendola

gulvur

stojacie hodiny

sarkaçlı duvar saati

有摆的落地大座钟

grandfather clock

n → Standuhr f, → Großvateruhr f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

grandfather clock

n → orologio a pendolo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

grandfather

(ˈgrӕnfaːðə) grandmother (ˈgrӕnmaðə) , grandparent (ˈgrӕnpeərənt) noun

the father or mother of one's father or mother.

grandfather clock

a clock with a tall usually wooden case which stands on the floor.

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1582 - Italian physicist Galileo discovers that a pendulum could be used to measure time, and produces the first design for a pendulum clock 1656 - Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens builds the first known pendulum clock, although there are problems with its accuracy 1670 - William Clement discovers clocks worked better with a longer pendulum, which required a taller clock; the innovation is called the long-case clock, an early forerunner of the grandfather clock we know today 1875 - Henry Work writes the song My Grandfather's Clock - the name sticks and grandfather clocks are born

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