"wall clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wall clocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wall clock (plural wall clocks)
  1. A clock mounted on a wall. Derived forms: wall-clock time Translations (clock mounted on a wall): 掛鐘 (Chinese Mandarin), 挂钟 (guàzhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 壁鐘 (Chinese Mandarin), 壁钟 (bìzhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), vægur [neuter] (Danish), murhorloĝo (Esperanto), seinakell (Estonian), seinäkello (Finnish), horloge murale [feminine] (French), კედლის საათი (ḳedlis saati) (Georgian), Wanduhr [feminine] (German), שְׁעוֹן קִיר (she'on kir) [masculine] (Hebrew), veggklukka [feminine] (Icelandic), 掛け時計 (kakedokei) (alt: かけどけい) (Japanese), ᦐᦱᧉᦜᦲᧈᦶᦧᧃ (ṅaa²l̇ii¹ẋwaen) (), ѕиден часовник (dziden časovnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), ханын цаг (xanyn cag) (Mongolian), relógio de parede [masculine] (Portuguese), насте́нные часы́ (nasténnyje časý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), reloj de pared [masculine] (Spanish), väggklocka [common-gender] (Swedish), насті́нний годи́нник (nastínnyj hodýnnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đồng hồ treo tường (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-wall_clock-en-noun-sQToyJ-f Disambiguation of 'clock mounted on a wall': 96 4
  2. (computing) The measure of wall time, the actual amount of time taken from the start to the end of an operation. Categories (topical): Computing, Clocks
    Sense id: en-wall_clock-en-noun-kXC~1Wxs Disambiguation of Clocks: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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