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clockwork
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : machinery composed of or containing a train of wheels of small size; especially : a mechanism of delicate construction that operates with unfailing regularity and minute accuracy (as in a meter)
2. : a timing device similar to the works of a clock and operated usually by a spring especially for actuating a signal, a set of motions in a toy, or a bomb
3. : something that by its effects seems to perform in response to clockwork or to be controlled by clockwork
< Emil Ludwig adapted psychoanalytic methods in exposing the psychical clockwork of his subjects — Siegfried Mandel >
< like a waxen lady with clockwork breathing — Elizabeth Bowen > |