a quartz watch
11quartz — UK [kwɔː(r)ts] / US [kwɔrts] noun [uncountable] a hard shiny stone often used inside electronic equipment and watches a quartz watch …
12Quartz (disambiguation) — Quartz is a common mineral.Quartz may also mean: *Fused quartz, synthetic silica glass *Quartz clock, a descriptor applied to a type of watch or clock that relies on the mineral in its timekeeping mechanism *Quartz (graphics layer), the graphics… …
13quartz clock — (or watch) ► NOUN ▪ a clock (or watch) regulated by vibrations of an electrically driven quartz crystal …
14Quartz clock — A quartz clock is a clock that uses an electronic oscillator that is regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency, so that quartz clocks are at least an order of magnitude more… …
15watch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 instrument for telling the time ADJECTIVE ▪ digital ▪ analogue/analog, mechanical (esp. AmE) ▪ pocket, wrist (usually wristwatch) …
16quartz clock — (or watch) noun a clock (or watch) regulated by vibrations of an electrically driven quartz crystal …
17quartz-crystal — /ˈkwɔts krɪstl/ (say kwawts kristl) adjective (of a watch, clock, etc.) having the function of the hairspring of a traditional clock performed by a quartz crystal, which gives great accuracy. Also, quartz …
18quartz — noun Quartz is used before these nouns: ↑crystal, ↑watch …
19quartz — noun (U) a hard mineral substance, used in making electronic watches and clocks: a quartz gold watch …
20Automatic quartz — is a collective term describing watch movements that combine a self winding rotor mechanism (as used in automatic mechanical watches) to generate electricity with a piezoelectric quartz crystal as its timing element. Such movements aim to provide …
