Dictionary

wall clock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A clock mounted on a wall.
2. The measure of wall time, the actual amount of time taken from the start to the end of an operation.
   • In recent years a consensus has been reached among many scientists in the field that the most relevant measure of run time is actual wall-clock elapsed time. 1996, Roger W. Hockney, The Science of Computer Benchmarking, SIAM, →ISBN, pages 19–20:

Forms

Deriveds

wall-clock time

Translations (27)

cmn 壁鐘 /壁钟 (clock mounted on a wall) · da vægur (clock mounted on a wall) · cmn 掛鐘 /挂钟 (clock mounted on a wall) · he שְׁעוֹן קִיר (clock mounted on a wall) · sv väggklocka (clock mounted on a wall) · mk ѕиден часовник (clock mounted on a wall) · vi đồng hồ treo tường (clock mounted on a wall) · pt relógio de parede (clock mounted on a wall) · es reloj de pared (clock mounted on a wall) · et seinakell (clock mounted on a wall) · ko 벽시계 (clock mounted on a wall) · cs nástěnné hodiny (clock mounted on a wall) · mn ханын цаг (clock mounted on a wall) · fr horloge murale (clock mounted on a wall) · eo murhorloĝo (clock mounted on a wall) · khb ᦐᦱᧉᦜᦲᧈᦶᦧᧃ (clock mounted on a wall) · de Wanduhr (clock mounted on a wall) · id jam dinding (clock mounted on a wall) · tr duvar saati (clock mounted on a wall) · ka კედლის საათი (clock mounted on a wall) · ja 掛け時計 (clock mounted on a wall) · fi seinäkello (clock mounted on a wall) · pl zegar ścienny (clock mounted on a wall) · is veggklukka (clock mounted on a wall) · uk насті́нний годи́нник (clock mounted on a wall) · ru насте́нные часы́ (clock mounted on a wall) · dsb sćěnowy zeger (clock mounted on a wall)