单词 | clock-driven |
释义 | > as lemmasclock-driven clock-driven adj. operating or governed by a clock or timing mechanism; (also) controlled by a biological clock. ΚΠ 1891 P. F. King U.S. Patent 450,293 4/1 In a time-lock, the combination, substantially as set forth, with clock-driven mechanism and a bolt, of a day-wheel engaging and unlocking the bolt several times each rotation. 1957 F. H. Forrester 1001 Questions answered about Weather (1964) ii. 17 Instead of having this change passed on through linkage to a dial face, it is transmitted to an inked pen arm which records a history of the changing pressure on a graphed chart that rotates on a clock-driven drum. 2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. d3 Finding clock-driven genes in human brains would help scientists running experiments on animals to figure out what those genes are doing. < as lemmas |
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