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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the art of designing and making clocks; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Horology \Ho*rol"o*gy\, n. [See Horologe.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

horology
    n 1: the art of designing and making clocks