round-the-clock en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Continuous; incessant; without interruption; all day long, 24 hours per day; nonstop: from the concept that it happens while the hands of the clock go all the way around.
They are protected by round-the-clock guards.
My correspondent should enquire what it is that prompts the continuous building, even in Great Britain, with the disadvantage of imported fuel, of diesel shunters: it is, of course, continuous "round-the-clock" availability.
1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 12:
Synonyms
Translations (16)
pl dwudziestoczterogodzinny (all day long) · de vierundzwanzigstündig (all day long) · pl całodobowy (all day long) · uk цілодобови́й (all day long) · hu folytonos (all day long) · bg целодне́вен (all day long) · hu állandó (all day long) · mk деноноќен (all day long) · mk целодневен (all day long) · ru круглосу́точный (all day long) · be кругласу́тачны (all day long) · fi ympärivuorokautinen (all day long) · ka სადღეღამისო (all day long) · vi suốt ngày đêm (all day long) · hu a nap huszonnégy órájában működő (all day long) · cs celodenní (all day long)