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time⋅piece

[tahym-pees]
–noun
1. an apparatus for measuring and recording the progress of time; chronometer.
2. a clock or a watch.

Origin:
1755–65; time + piece
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time·piece   (tīm'pēs')   
n.  An instrument, such as a clock or watch, that measures, registers, or records time.
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