"horology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horologies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin horologia, from horo- + -logia, equivalent to Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “period of time, hour”) + -λογία (-logía, “-ology: study or proper knowledge of”). Equivalent to horo- + -ology. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|horologia}} Latin horologia, {{m|la|horo-}} horo-, {{m|la|-logia}} -logia, {{der|en|grc|ὥρα||period of time, hour}} Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “period of time, hour”), {{m|grc|-λογία||-ology: study or proper knowledge of}} -λογία (-logía, “-ology: study or proper knowledge of”), {{af|en|horo-|-ology}} horo- + -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} horology (usually uncountable, plural horologies)
  1. The study of time
    The art, science, and technology of making and maintaining timekeeping devices such as clocks, watches and sundials.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Clocks, Time, Timekeeping Translations (art, science, and technology of timekeeping): orologia (Catalan), horologie (Czech), horologie [feminine] (Dutch), horologia (Finnish), horologie [feminine] (French), Horologie [feminine] (German), Zeitmesskunde [feminine] (German), orologia [feminine] (Italian), horologia [feminine] (Latin), horologi (Norwegian), horologia (Polish), horologia [feminine] (Portuguese), хороло́гия (xorológija) [feminine] (Russian), horología [feminine] (Spanish), horologi (Swedish), horoloji (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-horology-en-noun-MgZ1~DJO Disambiguation of Clocks: 57 43 Disambiguation of Time: 50 50 Disambiguation of Timekeeping: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'art, science, and technology of timekeeping': 90 10
  2. The study of time
    (Eastern Orthodoxy) The book of the offices for the canonical hours.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Eastern Orthodoxy, Time, Timekeeping
    Sense id: en-horology-en-noun-KbEYOEWt Disambiguation of Time: 50 50 Disambiguation of Timekeeping: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with horo-, English terms suffixed with -ology, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with horo-: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 28 72 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chronometry, chronometrics Derived forms: horologer, horologic, horological, horologically, horologist Related terms: horologe, horologium, hour, year Coordinate_terms: chronometric, chronometrical, chronometrically

Inflected forms

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