Part 5391

<h1>Horological</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Hor`o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>horologicus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Relating to a horologe, or to horology.</def>

<h1>Horologiographer</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Horologiography</er>.]</ety> <def>A maker of clocks, watches, or dials.</def>

<h1>Horologiographic</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Hor`o*lo`gi*o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to horologiography.</def>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<h1>Horologiography</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Hor`o*lo`gi*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ horologe + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An account of instruments that show the hour.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The art of constructing clocks or dials; horography.</def>

<h1>Horologist</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Ho*rol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in horology.</def>

<h1>Horology</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Ho*rol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Horologe</er>.]</ety> <def>The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.</def>

<h1>Horometer</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Ho*rom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hour + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring time.</def>

<h1>Horometrical</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Hor`o*met"ric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to horometry.</def>

<h1>Horometry</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Ho*rom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>horom\'82trie</ets>. See <er>Horometer</er>.]</ety> <def>The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.</def> "The <i>horometry</i> of antiquity."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Horopter</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Ho*rop"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ boundary + <?/ one who looks.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged.</def>

<blockquote>The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point of sight remains unchanged, is called the <b>horopter</b>. <i>J. Le Conte.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Horopteric</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Hor`op*ter"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the horopter.</def>

<h1>Horoscope</h1> <Xpage=706>

<hw>Hor"o*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>horoscope</ets>, L. <ets>horoscopus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, adj., observing hours or times, esp. observing the hour of birth, <tt>n.</tt>, a horoscope; <?/ hour + <?/ to view, observe. See <er>Hour</er>, and <er>-scope</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune.</def>