Clockwork
Watch's inner workings
Clockwork is the internal mechanism of gears, springs, and wheels that powers mechanical clocks and watches.
The term extends to any intricate mechanism operating with similar precision: a clockwork toy, clockwork automaton.
Something that runs like clockwork operates smoothly and predictably, without deviation or failure.
With clockwork precision suggests mechanical regularity—reliable but perhaps lacking spontaneity.
Toothed rotating machine parts
- cogsProjections on a wheel
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
- mainspringClock's power coil
ratchet · pendulum · balance wheel · winding · teeth · pinion · movement · timepiece
Retrofuturistic Victorian science fiction
- VictorianOf a prim era
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- vintageQuality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
ornate · filigree · orrery · astrolabe · chronometer · patina · craftsmanship · artisan
Self-operating system design
- programmingWriting software instructions
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
machinery · robot · android · soulless · unthinking · rigid · mechanistic · Newtonian
Consistent, predictable occurrence
- predictabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- punctualityBeing on time
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
synchronization · timing · accuracy · consistency · meticulous · systematic · orderly · scheduled
Citrus with segments
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- ultraviolenceExtreme graphic brutality
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
Kubrick · conditioning · Alex · behavioral · morality · choice · conscience · satire
gears
Toothed rotating machine parts
- cogsProjections on a wheel
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
mainspring · ratchet · pendulum · balance wheel · winding · teeth · pinion · movement · timepiece · watch
steampunk
Retrofuturistic Victorian science fiction
antique · ornate · filigree · orrery · astrolabe · chronometer · patina · craftsmanship · artisan · engraving
automation
Self-operating system design
- programmingWriting software instructions
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
inevitability · machinery · robot · android · soulless · unthinking · rigid · mechanistic · Newtonian · predetermined
regularity
Consistent, predictable occurrence
- predictabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- punctualityBeing on time
reliability · synchronization · timing · accuracy · consistency · meticulous · systematic · orderly · scheduled · methodical
orange
Citrus with segments
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- ultraviolenceExtreme graphic brutality
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
Kubrick · free will · conditioning · Alex · behavioral · morality · choice · conscience · satire · totalitarian
- CreepypastaThe Backrooms, Pokemon Black, Autopilot, Backrooms
Clockworkdigital
Of discrete data
electronic · computerized · hydraulic · solid-state · pneumatic
Clockworkchaos
Complete disorder and confusion
randomness · unpredictability · erratic · haphazard · sporadic
- like clockworkWith precise regularity
clock, work, clocks, clocked, clocking, clockwise, clockmaker, works, worked