slave clock

English

Noun

slave clock (plural slave clocks)

  1. A clock that is synchronised by a master clock.
    • 1960 September, M. J. Wilson, “Harlow Town station opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 542:
      Special details of the new station are the crystal-regulated master clock in the concourse, which controls 11 "slave" clocks and will also control those to be installed in the Harlow Mill goods depot; [...].

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