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Meaning of "speaking clock" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPEAKING CLOCK

speaking clock play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPEAKING CLOCK

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Speaking clock is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPEAKING CLOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

speaking clock

Speaking clock

A speaking clock or talking clock is a live or recorded human voice service, usually accessed by telephone, that gives the correct time. The first telephone speaking clock service was introduced in France, in association with the Paris Observatory, on 14 February 1933. The format of the service is similar to that of radio time signal services. At set intervals a voice announces "At the third stroke, the time will be twelve forty-six and ten seconds...", with three beeps following. Some countries have sponsored time announcements and include the sponsor's name in the message.

Definition of speaking clock in the English dictionary

The definition of speaking clock in the dictionary is a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPEAKING CLOCK

speak to
speak up
speak volumes
speakable
speakeasies
speakeasy
speaker
speakerine
speakerphone
speakership
speaking
speaking in tongues
speaking part
speaking role
speaking terms
speaking trumpet
speaking tube
speaking voice
speakingly
speakout

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPEAKING CLOCK

against the clock
alarm clock
around the clock
biological clock
block
body clock
clock
digital clock
doomsday clock
eight o´clock
clock
overclock
radio alarm clock
round-the-clock
six o´clock
ten o´clock
the clock
three o´clock
time clock
two o´clock
water clock

Synonyms and antonyms of speaking clock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «speaking clock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPEAKING CLOCK

Find out the translation of speaking clock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of speaking clock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «speaking clock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

语音时钟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reloj de voz
570 millions of speakers

English

speaking clock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बोल रहा घड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الساعة الناطقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

говорящие часы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relógio de voz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাষী ঘড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

horloge parlante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jam bercakap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sprechende Uhr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スピーキングクロック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말하기 시계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jam ngandika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng hồ nói
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேசும் கடிகாரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोलत घड्याळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Konuşan saat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orologio parlante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mówiąc zegar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

говорять годинник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ceas vorbind
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρολόι με ομιλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sprekende klok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

talande klocka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

talende klokke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of speaking clock

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEAKING CLOCK»

The term «speaking clock» is normally little used and occupies the 118.754 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEAKING CLOCK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about speaking clock

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEAKING CLOCK»

Discover the use of speaking clock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to speaking clock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Media Poetry: An International Anthology
The Speaking Clock Speaking Clock is a mesostic piece which tells the time.37 It acknowledges Emmett Williams's 'Poetry Clock' and the mechanical 'Word Clocks ' of John Christie, but this digital clock tells the 'real time' in language, ...
Eduardo Kac, 2007
2
Speech Synthesis and Recognition
The first significant application of this technique was a speaking clock, introduced into the UK telephone system in 1936, and now provided by telephone administrations all over the world. The original UK Speaking Clock used optical ...
Wendy Holmes, 2001
3
PC Mag
DESKTOP ACCESSORIES Speaking Clock Deluxe, Version 3.02. The freeware version of Speaking Clock offers an artistic and configurable graphical interface that mimics the appearance of a real clock and can speak the time aloud in more  ...
4
Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1945
The next major change was the introduction of a speaking clock, late in 1954. Before this, each minute within a five minute interval in the time signal had been coded; if one knew the time within a minute or two it was easy to identify the true ...
Hodgson, J H
5
Rough Guide to Portugal
Ireland 353 New Zealand 64 UK 44 USA 1 351 (country code) + number New Zealand 00 USA 001 Directory enquiries 1 1 8 Emergency services 112 Operator (rest of the world) 1 79 Speaking clock 151 Tourist enquiries (freephone) 800 296  ...
Mark Ellingham, John Fisher, Graham Kenyon, 2002
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Tattoo Joint: A Play
SPEAKING CLOCK: THE TIME IS NINE-FORTY-FIVE P.M. NINE-FORTY-FIVE, IS THE TIME. ALEXANDRA: What the hell was that? JOINT: That was my speaking clock. ALEXANDRA: I don't see any clock. JOINT: You're not supposed to see a ...
Jason Gileno, 2005
7
Robo- and Informationethics: Some Fundamentals
Type 2: The speaking clock telephone service differs from the type 1 machines in that the listener requires the speaking clock to tell her the correct time, which means that the service provider also ensures that the speaking clock does so.
Michael Decker, Michael Philip Decker, Mathias Gutmann, 2012
8
Objective Advanced Teacher's Book with Teacher's Resources ...
It makes an automatic connection for you when the person you are trying to contact puts the phone down. the speaking clock is a telephone service in the UK which states the precise time when dialled. 2 1m Ask students to read through the  ...
Felicity O'Dell, Annie Broadhead, 2012
9
Blood on the Snow: The Killing of Olof Palme
These remarkable conversations—which, unlike the very slack documentation created by the police themselves, are recorded on tape with a speaking clock making a running report of thecorrect time— strongly suggest that thepolicealarm was ...
Jan Bondeson, 2014
10
Creating a Trading Floor: The Project Manager's Guide to the ...
I saw a situation in 1988 where a trading company saved a substantial amount on dialled call cost by trapping dialled calls to the 'speaking clock' run by the telephone company. All such calls were automatically diverted to a single internal  ...
Charles Smith, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEAKING CLOCK»

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1
BT engineers ring speaking clock when fixing phones leaving …
Customers were mystified when charges for calling the speaking clock - calls they hadn't made - appeared on their bills. Now consumer watchdogs have ... «Mirror.co.uk, May 15»
2
BT bill dementia widow for 1200 speaking clock calls - a total of £467
A widow who repeatedly called BT's speaking clock was chased for a £467 bill despite her dementia. Dorothea Reed, 86, made more than a thousand calls to ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
3
Sir Ian McKellen is going to be the voice of the talking clock
And we can't think of anyone better to do the voice of the talking clock than Sir ... As for the Speaking Clock, I hope everyone will give me a call, if they have the ... «heatworld, Feb 15»
4
Sir Ian McKellen unveiled as voice of Speaking Clock
Sir Ian McKellen has been given a new role – as the voice of the Speaking Clock. The Lord of the Rings actor's dramatic voice will feature temporarily on the BT ... «BT.com, Feb 15»
5
You shall not quarter past! Gandalf star Ian McKellen to voice the …
Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen who played the iconic wizard in the smash hit movie has been unveiled as the new voice of the Speaking Clock. «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
6
Stormont staff banned from calling Speaking Clock after racking up …
In an Assembly question, Sinn Fein MLA Phil Flanagan asked the DUP MLA to detail the cost of calls to the Speaking Clock from land-line telephones from all ... «Belfast Telegraph, Nov 14»
7
At the third stroke: George the talking clock now on atomic time
At the third stroke it will be … If you are under 40, you may have never dialled 1194 for the precise time or even heard of George, the speaking clock. «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 14»
8
Tories call for the Speaking Clock number to be blocked on public …
TOTAL speaking clock call charges increased sixfold in the last five years and it was found that councils are the biggest spenders when it comes to dialing the ... «Scottish Daily Record, Dec 13»
9
Ministry of Defence wastes £40000 calling the speaking clock
Until now it has been relying on the soothing tones of the speaking clock, an anachronism from a time when smartphones and always-on connections were not ... «Inquirer, Aug 13»
10
MoD spent £40000 on calling speaking clock
The Ministry of Defence ran up a £40,000 bill on the speaking clock, despite a ban on staff calling it. Employees were reportedly banned from dialling 123 to ... «BBC News, Aug 13»

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