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  • noun Plural form of clockface.

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Examples

  • IIII is traditionally used on clockfaces to distinguish it from VI and to keep the numbers "facing" in the right direction.

    Three clocks 2009

  • Lower tier: Peanut butter and lemon curd wraps around a banana with little thai basil clockfaces; apple stars.

    Backdated Bento #33 « Were rabbits 2006

  • Lower tier: Peanut butter and lemon curd wraps around a banana with little thai basil clockfaces; apple stars.

    November « 2006 « Were rabbits 2006

  • Time is a strong theme in Metropolis, the workers down below move in unison during their shifts, operating machinery that move with clockwork precision, using controls that operate like clockfaces themselves.

    Kris Abel's Tech Life Kris Abel 2010

  • Time is a strong theme in Metropolis, the workers down below move in unison during their shifts, operating machinery that move with clockwork precision, using controls that operate like clockfaces themselves.

    Kris Abel's Tech Life Kris Abel 2010

  • Because they've been hidden in the clockfaces of town halls (Hungerford, Berkshire), or in street signs

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • The four clockfaces in the tower needed to have their time zones changed manually.

    World of SL 2009

  • Saline County Buildings and Grounds Supervisor reattached the hands to the clockfaces on the Saline County Courthouse tower Thursday afternoon, Dec. 17.

    Marshall Democrat-News Headlines 2009

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