water clock in English
noun
1
a clock that used the flow of water to measure time.
At night, one of the monks always had to stay awake keeping an eye on the water clock or the sand clock.
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1. However, when clouds blocked the sun or when night fell, they used a clepsydra, or water clock.
2. Selects the international advanced gas to fill installs the valve, guarantees fills installs the process not to have the dripping of a water clock, not to drool.
3. TOWARDS the end of the 11th century, while tardy Europeans kept time with sundials, Su Sung of China completed his masterpiece: a water clock of great intricacy and accuracy.