CLOCK

CLOCK

Clock is a gene encoding a basic helix-loop-helix-PAS transcription factor that affects both the persistence and period of circadian rhythms. CLOCK functions as an essential activator of downstream elements in the pathway critical to the generation of circadian rhythms.

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Clock

Clock was a British band primarily led by Stu Allan and Pete Pritchard. They started as a house music British "2 Unlimited" when they recruited rapper Marcus Thomas, and vocalist Lorna Saunders to front the act. Thomas left in 1998, to join the band Tzant, to be replaced by Ché-gun Peters.

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clock

Noun

  1. An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
  2. The odometer of a motor vehicle.
    This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.
  3. An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
  4. the seed head of a dandelion

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).

Verb

  1. To measure the duration of.
  2. To measure the speed of.
    He was clocked at 155 miles per hour.
  3. To hit (someone)
    When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.
  4. To take notice of; to realise.
    Clock the wheels on that car!
    He finally clocked that there were no more cornflakes.
  5. To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.
    I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked.
  6. To beat a video game.
    Have you clocked that game yet?
  7. Compensated or working time during employment
    I can't go off to lunch yet, I'm still on the clock.
    We let the guys use the shop's tools and equipment for their own projects as long as they're off the clock.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To make the sound of a hen; to cluck.


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