"wat" značenje u engleski leksikon

Množina: wats

Množina: Watagas

Village in Illinois (USA); zip code 61488.

Množina: Wataugas

1. City in Tennessee (USA); zip code 37694.
2. City in Texas (USA); zip code 76148.

Množina: watches

ETYM Old Eng. wacche, as. waecce, from wacian to wake; akin to Dutch wacht, waak, German wacht, wache. Related to Wake.
(Irregular plural: watches).
1. A small portable timepiece; SYN. ticker.
2. A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; SYN. vigil.
3. A period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty.
4. The period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty.
Portable timepiece. In the early 20th century increasing miniaturization, mass production, and, in World War I, the advantages of the wristband led to the watch moving from the pocket to the wrist. Watches were also subsequently made waterproof, antimagnetic, self-winding, and shock-resistant. In 1957 the electric watch was developed, and in the 1970s came the digital watch, which dispensed with all moving parts.
History.
Traditional mechanical watches with analog dials (hands) are based on the invention by Peter Henlein (1480–1542) of the mainspring as the energy store. By 1675 the invention of the balance spring allowed watches to be made small enough to move from waist to pocket. By the 18th century pocket-watches were accurate, and by the 20th century wristwatches were introduced. In the 1950s battery-run electromagnetic watches were developed; in the 1960s electronic watches were marketed, which use the piezoelectric oscillations of a quartz crystal to mark time and an electronic circuit to drive the hands. In the 1970s quartz watches without moving parts were developed—the solid-state watch with a display of digits. Some include a tiny calculator and such functions as date, alarm, stopwatch, and reminder beeps.

ETYM Cf. as. woeccan, wacian. Related to Watch, Wake.
1. To see or view; SYN. view, see, catch, take in.
2. To observe with attention; SYN. look on.
3. To look attentively.
4. To follow with the eyes or the mind; SYN. observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on.
5. To be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful; SYN. look out, watch out.

Množina: watch and wards

1. Continuous unbroken vigilance and guard
2. Service as a watchman or sentinel required from a feudal tenant

Singular of watch bands is watch band.

Množina: watch boxes

Množina: watch caps

A knitted dark blue wool cap worn by seamen in cold or stormy weather.
A knitted close-fitting usually navy-blue cap worn especially by enlisted men in the United States navy in cold or stormy weather.

Množina: watch cases

The metal case in which the works of a watch are housed. SYN. watch-case, watchcase

Množina: watch chains