Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clock-face timetable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: clock---face -timetable
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A service pattern where services depart at regular intervals, and thus at the same number of minutes past each hour.

Example Sentences

"The new clock-face timetable means services to Cardiff now depart at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour."
"He agreed to the system of working to a clock-face timetable, although there was difficulty in fitting it in with the arrival or departure of trains."
"5. Reliability — quality of service/regular clock-face timetabe/staff training as elements of service elasticity."
"When leaving Wales, there is virtually, a clock-face timetable along the South Wales Main Line, with trains for London running every hour from Swansea and every half-hour from Cardiff and Newport[…]"

Inflected Forms

clock-face timetables (plural)

Questions

What does clock-face timetable mean?: A service pattern where services depart at regular intervals, and thus at the same number of minutes past each hour.

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