"digital watch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: digital watches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} digital watch (plural digital watches)
  1. A watch (wristwatch or pocket watch), usually electronic, whose watch face displays time in the form of numbers (a digital display, rather than by a dial and hands (traditional clock face). Wikidata QID: Q125454714 Hypernyms: watch, timepiece, device Coordinate_terms: analogue watch, analog watch, digital clock Translations (A watch, usually electronic, that displays time in the form of numbers): 跳字錶 /跳字表 (alt: tiu³ zi⁶ biu²⁻¹) (Chinese Cantonese), digitaalikello (Finnish), ციფრული საათი (cipruli saati) (Georgian), Digitaluhr [feminine] (German), zegarek elektroniczny [masculine] (Polish), reloj digital [masculine] (Spanish)

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