a quartz watch
1quartz watch — quartz clock or quartz watch noun One in which a quartz crystal, energized by a microcircuit, does the work of the pendulum or hairspring of the traditional clock or watch • • • Main Entry: ↑quartz …
2quartz movement — quartz′ move′ment n. hor an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of a timepiece(quartz′ clock′ or quartz′ watch′) …
3quartz — [kwo:ts US kwo:rts] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : German; Origin: quarz] a hard mineral substance that is used in making electronic watches and clocks ▪ quartz crystals ▪ a quartz watch …
4Watch — 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 …
5Quartz crisis — The Quartz Crisis was a period in time in the 1970s and early 1980s which coincided with the advent of quartz oscillator technology watches, a general economic down turn and, the low point of the Swiss watch industry which chose to remain focused …
6Quartz — This article is about the mineral. For other uses, see Quartz (disambiguation). Quartz Quartz crystal cluster from Tibet General Category …
7quartz clock — noun see quartz crystal clock * * * quartz clock or quartz watch noun One in which a quartz crystal, energized by a microcircuit, does the work of the pendulum or hairspring of the traditional clock or watch • • • Main Entry: ↑quartz * * * quartz …
8quartz movement — Horol. an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch). * * * …
9quartz movement — Horol. an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch) …
10quartz — noun Etymology: German Quarz Date: circa 1631 1. a mineral consisting of silicon dioxide occurring in colorless and transparent or colored hexagonal crystals or in crystalline masses 2. a quartz crystal that when placed in an electric field… …
