Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Horology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Horology \Ho*rol"o*gy\, n. [See {Horologe}.]
The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of
constructing instruments for measuring and indicating
portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
horology
n : the art of designing and making clocks
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