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n. An instrument, such as a clock or watch, that measures, registers, or records time.

n. Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism.

n. A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.

n. Any machine or apparatus by which the progress of time is recorded, as a clepsydra or a time-candle; in ordinary use, a watch or clock.

n. a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

"Ridley could easily have eliminated 15 minutes of dopey metaphors, including allusions to the title timepiece and lots of taxidermy analogies."

measuring device    measuring instrument    measuring system   

equation timepiece   

sundial    atomic clock    ticker    clock    timer    watch    sandglass   

chronometer    timekeeper    horologe    Horologium    clock    watch    water glass    journeyman    clepsydra    hydroscope   

mountings    horologe    watch chain    candelabra    candlestick    contraption    wall-paper    brooch    coffee-mill    locket