time globe

noun

A terrestrial globe mounted above a clock, and rotated once in a twenty-four hour period by clockwork, designed to display the time at any point on the globe by means of a stationary dial or ring encircling the globe at the equator.

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Meanings

nountime globe (countable and uncountable, plural time globes)

plural time globes · alternative time-globe

  1. countableuncountablehobbiesA terrestrial globe mounted above a clock, and rotated once in a twenty-four hour period by clockwork, designed to display the time at any point on the globe by means of a stationary dial or ring encircling the globe at the equator.
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