Clockwork

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A mechanism of geared wheels driven by a wound spring, as in a mechanical clock.
  • idiom. like clockwork With machinelike regularity and precision; perfectly: The project proceeded like clockwork.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The machinery and movements of a clock; any complex mechanism of wheels producing regularity or precision of movement.
  • n. Figuratively, any regulated system by which work is performed steadily and without confusion, as if by machinery.
  • Marked by machine-like regularity of operation: as, a clockwork system; clockwork movements.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mechanism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    machiner   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pushdown    clocklike    deterministic    machinelike    look-ahead   
     
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