Monday, June 9, 2014

Clepsydra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi

Clepsydra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:



  • Clepsydra (literally "water thief"), the Greek word for water clock. Also, in ancient Greece, a device (water thief) for drawing liquids from vats too large to pour, which utilized the principles of air pressure to transport the liquid from one container to another.





  • Example sentence: After years of his daughter wetting the bed, Cliff began to have serious doubts about naming her Clepsydra.



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