analog watch

  • 1Analog watch — is an example of a retronym. It was coined to distinguish analog watches, which had simply been called watches, from newer digital watches; see watch and clock. The name refers to the design of the display, regardless of the timekeeping… …

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  • 2analog watch — watch which has hands that point to the time, non digital watch …

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  • 3analog watch — noun a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial • Hypernyms: ↑watch, ↑ticker * * * a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial. Cf. digital watch …

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  • 4analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial. Cf. digital watch. * * * …

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  • 5analog watch — noun US spelling of analogue watch …

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  • 6watch — [n1] clock worn on body analog watch, chronometer, digital watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, ticker*, timepiece, timer, wristwatch; concept 463 watch [n2] lookout alertness, attention, awareness, duty, eagle eye*, eye*, gander, guard, hawk, heed,… …

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  • 7Watch — For other uses, see Watch (disambiguation). Early wrist watch by Waltham, worn by soldiers in World War I (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 47 3352) A watch is a small timepiece, typically worn either on the wrist or attached on a chain and carried in …

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  • 8watch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. look (at), scrutinize, examine; view, stare, ogle; regard, follow, survey; be alert, guard; chaperone, tend, baby sit; oversee, superintend; wait, guard, patrol. n. vigil, surveillance, sentry duty;… …

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  • 9analog — an|a|log [ ænl,ag ] adjective * 1. ) an analog watch or clock shows the time using hands that point to numbers instead of numbers that change every second 2. ) TECHNICAL using signals or information represented by continuously changing quantities …

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  • 10analog — an•a•log [[t]ˈæn lˌɔg, ˌɒg[/t]] n. 1) analogue 2) wam of or pertaining to a mechanism that represents data by measurement to a continuous physical variable, as voltage or pressure 3) cmp displaying a readout by a pointer on a dial rather than by… …

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