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Sweep hand   /swip hænd/   Listen
Sweep hand

noun
1.
A second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes.  Synonym: sweep-second.





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"Sweep hand" Quotes from Famous Books



... This staff carries on the dial end the pointer, which revolves in 10 minutes, as indicated on the dial. Also on this staff is an unspoked wheel of 80 driving the center, or minute, staff through a pinion of 8. In addition to the sweep hand (or hands in the case of the split model) indicating seconds up to a duration of one minute, there is a wheel of 80 driving a pinion of 8 on an intermediate staff. A wheel of 60 on this staff drives a pinion of 10 on the ...
— The Auburndale Watch Company - First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch • Edwin A. Battison


Words linked to "Sweep hand" :   sweep-second, second hand


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