a chronicle of time keeping Flashcards
chronicle =
a written record, history, story of
historical events.
timekeeping =
the activity of recording the
time something takes
orbit =
circle, revolve around, travel around,
go around,
regulate=
control, adjust, standardize.
advent
= coming, start, arrival, the time when
something first begins to be widely used.
co-ordinate =
organize, manage, direct, to
make various, separate things work together.
communal =
shared, common, public,
relating or belonging to all the people living in
a particular.
accompany=
go together with, come with, be
associated with, happen with, appear with.
artificial=
man-made, synthetic, non-natural.
equator =
an imaginary line drawn around
the middle of the Earth.
conspicuous
= obvious, clear, noticeable
clime
= zone, region, a place that has a
particular type of climate.
wax and wane
= to increase and decrease
over time.
.
latitude
= the distance north or south of the
equator, measured in degrees.
formulate =
invent, create, make, develop.
municipal
= civic, public, community, #private.
adopt
= accept, approve, implement, apply, #reject
disseminate
= spread, publish, distribute.
sundial =
an object used in the past for
telling the time.
cosmic
= relating to space or the universe.
interval
= intermission, interlude, break.
duration
past that divided the daylight into an equal
number of hours,
equinox
solstice, one of the two times in a
year when night and day are of equal length
counterpart
= equal, colleague, equivalent.
drip
= drop, come out, leak, #stream.
denote
= indicate, represent, refer to, #connote
inscribed
= engrave, carve, to carefully cut,
print or write on smt
dip =
dunk, immerse, to put something into a
liquid for a very short time and take it out
again.
arise
= rise, ascend, appear, # retire
evolve
= change, grow, advance, to develop
and change gradually over a long period of
time.
commence
= start, begin, originate.
supersede
= replace, supplant, displace.
scheme=
plan, idea, method.
the anchor escapement =
a type of
escapement used in pendulum clocks
dependency
= reliance, enslavement,
craving.
integral
= connected, central, internal,
forming a necessary part of something.
navigation
= routing, direction-finding
the science or job of planning which way you
need to go when you are travelling from one
place to another
accurate=
correct, precise, exact.
calibrate
= standardize, adjust, regulate.
descend=
downward, fall, drop, go down.
escapement
a piece of machinery in a
clock from the spring or weight to a wheel.
pendulum =
a long metal stick with weight at
the bottom that swings regularly from side to
side to control the working of a clock.
escape wheel
= a toothed wheel in the
escapement of a watch or clock.
beam down
= to transport somebody to or
from a spaceship using special electronic
equipment.
precise
= exact, correct, accurate.
