clockwork mechanisms
Spring-driven internal machinery
Clockwork mechanisms are systems of gears, springs, and escapements that convert stored energy into controlled, regular motion.
The term covers everything from watch movements to automata.
Because clockwork produces predictable, repeating motion, the phrase extends to anything that operates with mechanical precision or regularity: The office ran like clockwork.
She studied the clockwork mechanisms inside the antique music box.
- tick tockAlternating clock sounds
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- horologyTimekeeping science and craft
- automatonSelf-moving mechanical device
- orreryMechanical solar system model
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clockwork mechanismsdigital electronics
Binary-based circuit technology
electronic circuits · microprocessors · computer chips · integrated circuits · electronic systems
clockwork mechanismschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
randomness · disorder · entropy · unpredictability · turbulence
clockwork mechanismsliving organisms
biological systems · living tissue · ecosystems · flesh and blood · nature
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