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sweep hand
noun
, Horology.
- a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
sweep hand
noun
- horology a long hand that registers seconds or fractions of seconds on the perimeter of the dial
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sweep hand1
First recorded in 1940–45
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