clockwork in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for clockwork in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.clockwork [Brit ˈklɒkwəːk, Am ˈklɑkˌwərk] ADJ

clockwork toy:

clockwork

meccanico

with clockwork precision (on time)

con la precisione di un orologio

II.clockwork [Brit ˈklɒkwəːk, Am ˈklɑkˌwərk] N

clockwork (in clock)

meccanismo m

clockwork (in clock)

movimento m

clockwork (in toy)

carica f

III.clockwork [Brit ˈklɒkwəːk, Am ˈklɑkˌwərk]

to be as regular as clockwork

essere (preciso come) un orologio

to go like clockwork

andare tutto liscio

Translations for clockwork in the Italian»English Dictionary

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orologeria

clockwork

meccanismo (in un orologio)

clockwork

andare or filare liscio (come l'olio)

to go like clockwork, to go smoothly

meccanico giocattolo

clockwork

meccanismo dell'orologio

clockwork

con la precisione di un orologio

with clockwork precision

essere preciso come un orologio

to be as regular as clockwork

essere preciso come un orologio

to be as regular as clockwork

movimento

clockwork

clockwork in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for clockwork in the English»Italian Dictionary

clockwork N

clockwork

meccanismo m

to go like clockwork

andare tutto liscio

as regular as clockwork

preciso come un orologio

Translations for clockwork in the Italian»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

orologeria

clockwork

andare liscio come l'olio

to go like clockwork

essere come un orologio fig

to be as regular as clockwork

clockwork Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to go like clockwork

andare tutto liscio

as regular as clockwork

preciso come un orologio

to be as regular as clockwork

essere come un orologio fig

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Traditional orreries often did move and some used clockworks to make the relative speeds of objects accurate.

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It is topped by an ornate clock tower, but due to a lack of funds, the clockworks was never installed.

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Electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical motion, pneumatic motors use compressed air and otherssuch as clockwork motors in wind-up toysuse elastic energy.

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Though the courthouse had a clock tower, there was no clock and the county did not purchase the clockworks needed for a working clock.

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In the 1850s their lights were rotated using clockworks, usually powered by falling weights attached to chains.

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The solution is to become one of the clockworks.

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