timewheel
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A circular control or device on which the distance around the circumference represents an amount of time.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A timekeeping device (or part of one) that operates by a geared wheel that advances at regular intervals.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The three atomicity semantics of an update broadcast using the timewheel group communication service are affected by the group membership protocol."
- "The event-driven simulator uses a timewheel to manage the relationships between components."
- "Then, a pointer into the timewheel table indicates the current time slot and the owner of the resource during that time slot."
- "Timewheels are used in event-driven simulators to control the order in which simulated events are processed."
- "The travel of the timewheel is directly proportional to the distance traversed by the ship, quite independently of the direction in which the timewheel travels."
- "In initial work assessing the relative effectiveness of these types, Kraak et al. (1997) refer to these indicators as temporal legends, and classify them as linear, cyclical (a similar distinction as the timeline and timewheel query tools described *30.4.1), and text, where the location in time of the animation is given simply by letters and numbers that change with the animation."