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horologium
Horologium (name) means Another name for the Tower of the Winds, an ancient Athens monument that contained a clepsydra and several prominent sundials.
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Another name for the Tower of the Winds, an ancient Athens monument that contained a clepsydra and several prominent sundials.
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Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon.
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A southern-sky constellation said to look like a pendulum clock, lying between the neighbouring constellations of Fornax and Dorado.
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Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.
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Etymology
See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a major work by that name.
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What is the meaning of horologium?
"horologium" (name) means another name for the Tower of the Winds, an ancient Athens monument that contained a clepsydra and several prominent sundials.
What are the different meanings of horologium?
"horologium" has 3 main meanings: 1. Another name for the Tower of the Winds, an ancient Athens monument that contained a clepsydra and several prominent sundials; 2. Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon; 3. A southern-sky constellation said to look like a pendulum clock, lying between the neighbouring constellations of Fornax and Dorado.
