Cam 8 pasage 1

timekeeping

the activity of recording the time something takes

chronicle

a written record, history, story of historical events

advent

coming, start, arrival, the time when something first begins to widely used

co-ordinate

organize, manage, direct to make various, separate things work together

communal

shared, common, public relating or belonging to all the people living in a particular

regulate

control, adjust, standarlize

solar

relating to the Sun

axis

alignment, centre line, (the imaginary line around which a large round object, such as the Earth)

lunar

relating to the moon

orbit

circle, revolve around, travel around, go around

accompany

go together with, come with, be associated with, happen with, appear with

artificial

man-made, synthetic, non-natural

equator

an imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth

wax and wane

to increase and decrease overtime

conspicuous

obvious, clear, noticeable

latitude

the distance of north or south if the equator, measured in degrees

clime	zone, region, a place that has a particular type of clime
crucial	vital, fundamental, essential, important, necessary, key
formulate	invent, create, make, develop
municipal	civic, public, community, #private
decan	The decans (Egyptian) are 36 groups of stars (small constellations) used in the Ancient Egyptian astronomy.
cosmic	relating to space or the universe
interval	intermission, interlude, break
temporal hours	a unit of time used in the past that devided the daylight into an equal number of hours
duration	the length of time that something lasts
equinox	solstice, one of the two times in a year when night and day are of equal length
adopt	accept, approve, implement, apply # reject
disseminate	spread, publish, distribute
track	follow, trace, pursue
sundial	am object used in the past for telling the time
counterpart	equal, colleague, equivalent
drip	drop, come out, leak # stream
denote	indicate, represent, refer to # connote
dip	dunk, immerse, to put something into a liquid for a very short time and take it out again
inscribed	engrave, carve, to carefully cut, print or write on smt
satisfactory	pleasing, reasonable, acceptable, adequate # unsatisfacoty
arise	rise, ascend, appear # retire
evolve	change, grow, advance, to develop and change gradually over a long period of time
scheme	plan, idea, method
divide	split, separate, distribute, allocate # join
astronomical	relating to the scientific study of the stars
supersede	replace, supplant, displace
commence	start, begin, originate
weight-driven mechanical clock	a clock using a pendulum
descend	downward, fall, drop, go down
escapement	a piêc of machinery in a clock from the spring or weight to a wheel
mainspring	the most important spring in a watch or clock
pendulum	a long metal stick with weight at the bottom that swings regularly from side to side to control the working of a clock
an anchor escapement	a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks
escape wheel	a toothed wheel in the escapement of a watch or clock
precise	exact, correct, accurate
original	initial, earliest (existing or happening first)
permit	allow, enable, facilitate
accurate	correct, precise, exact
a quat-crystal clock	is a clock that uses an electronic oscillator that is regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time
beam down	to transport somebody to or from a spaceship using special electronic equipment
calibrate	standardize, adjust, regulate
precision	accuracy, exactness, correctness
navigation	routing, direction-finding the science of job of planning which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another
integral	connected, central, internal, forming a necessary part of something
dependency	reliance, enslavement, craving