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sweep hand

noun

, Horology.
  1. 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

  1. horology a long hand that registers seconds or fractions of seconds on the perimeter of the dial
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweep hand1

First recorded in 1940–45

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