Quote by Stephen Hunt: “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.”
The phrase ``even a broken clock is right twice a day'' is a proverbial expression that conveys the idea that even something or someone that is usually unreliable or inaccurate may occasionally be correct or accurate by chance, especially in certain specific circumstances.
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
To be on the clock is an idiom meaning “working” or “getting paid.” It can also refer to the amount of time a taximeter has on the clock or the amount of time left in a sporting match. Related words: clock in. clocked.
Clocks as a Death Nell
Some people believe that being given a timepiece can cause bad luck that can even result in death. If a watch or a clock stops, they won't fix it, because they believe a working clock will count down to someone's death.
Some of the earliest timepieces were sundials. In the northern hemisphere, the shadow of the dial traces clockwise as the sun moves through the sky, so when clocks were being developed in medieval times, their hands were made to turn in the same direction.
Also known as the twins paradox or two-clock paradox. An apparent paradox of special and general relativity theory. The time dilation effect in the special theory of relativity is that clocks at rest in different inertial frames observe each other to run slow.
it is the most suitable moment to do something or for something to happen: I haven't told him yet, but I will when the time is right.
Atomic clocks keep time by measuring the oscillations of atoms as they change energy states. Every element has a characteristic frequency or set of frequencies, and since the atom "beats" billions of times per second such clocks are very precise.
Around the clock means for an entire 24-hour day. The phrase around the clock is used most commonly when someone is hard at work, or is doing something difficult.
Lost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin warns that time is a scarce resource, and if it's wasted, it cannot be recovered later.
When the clock moves, the time between ticks is longer. The idea that a second is not always a second is one of the most surprising findings of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Researchers have actually observed this effect, which is only detectable at high speeds.
"Sacred time is devoted to the heart, to the self, to others, to eternity. Sacred time is not measured in minutes, hours or days."
If you struggle to remember which way the clocks change, then this saying might help: Spring forward, fall back.
Quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: “Even a stopped clock is right twice a day”
“Turn back the clock” is an idiom that means to do something that reminds you of the past. We can't travel in time, but it's fun to pretend.
I'm more familiar with the saying as "a stopped clock is right twice a day", which is obviously correct for a standard 12 hour analog clock (with a possible exception involving leap-seconds).
Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeepers. The best ones lose or gain 1 second in 109 days. This means that once synchronized, for generations we need not reset the clock.
BIPM uses cesium fountain and optical clock data to calibrate the signal produced by averaging the other clocks. Each month, BIPM sends out a bulletin telling every national timekeeping institute how far its clocks are off from UTC. The institutes then correct and update their time scales.
When the time is right, I, THE LORD, will make it happen. Isaiah 60:22.
It means that it's never to late to stand up for justice, against what you consider is wrong. We must all stand against injustice and it's never too late to turn around.
The phenomenon occurring in the special theory of relativity wherein two observers who start together with identical clocks and then undergo different motions can have different total elapsed time on their clocks when they rejoin later.
It is this interruption in consciousness that leads to the illusion of the stopped clock. The theory is that our brains attempt to build a seamless story about the world from the ongoing input of our senses. Rapid eye movements create a break in information, which needs to be covered up.
The Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) paradox is a thought experiment proposed by physicists Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen, which argues that the description of physical reality provided by quantum mechanics is incomplete.