clocks

clocks
    n 1: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and
         Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike
         leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by
         slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for
         forage [syn: {redstem storksbill}, {alfilaria},
         {alfileria}, {filaree}, {filaria}, {clocks}, {pin grass},
         {pin clover}, {Erodium cicutarium}]
    

clocks \clocks\ n.
   1. European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and
      Mexico ({Erodium cicutarium}), having reddish decumbent
      stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep
      reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike
      fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for
      forage.

   Syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree,
        filaria, pin grass, pin clover, {Erodium cicutarium}.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

clocks
 n.

   Processor logic cycles, so called because each generally corresponds
   to one clock pulse in the processor's timing. The relative execution
   times of instructions on a machine are usually discussed in clocks
   rather than absolute fractions of a second; one good reason for this
   is that clock speeds for various models of the machine may increase as
   technology improves, and it is usually the relative times one is
   interested in when discussing the instruction set. Compare {cycle},
   {jiffy}.