master clock

noun

A precision clock that provides timing signals to synchronise a slave clock as part of a clock network.

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Meanings

nounmaster clock (plural master clocks)

plural master clocks

  1. A precision clock that provides timing signals to synchronise a slave clock as part of a clock network.

    Special details of the new station are the crystal-regulated master clock in the concourse, which controls 11 "slave" clocks and will also control those to be installed in the Harlow Mill goods depot; [...].

    1960 September, M. J. Wilson, “Harlow Town station opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 542
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