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Енглески

Wooden hourglass

Етимологија

hour +‎ glass

Изговор

  • МФА(кључ): /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs/
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Именица

hourglass (plural hourglasses)

  1. A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.
    Синонимs: sandglass, sand timer, watch glass
    Hyponym: egg timer
    After each game turn, invert the hourglass to reset the time limit for the next player.
    • 1819, John Keats, “Canto I”, in The Fall of Hyperion:
      Lua грешка in Модул:languages/errorGetBy at line 14: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "<strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-51fddb02">Script error: The function &quot;first_lang&quot; does not exist.</span></strong>" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..
  2. (graphical user interface) A cursor, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating that the computer is busy.
    Синоним: egg timer
    Coordinate term: (Apple) beach ball
    • 2002, Maximum PC (Winter 2002, page 16)
      When I right click the desktop display to check Display Properties, it hangs and shows me only the hourglass instead of the display menu.

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