SYMPATHY OF CLOCKS
\sˈɪmpəθi ɒv klˈɒks], \sˈɪmpəθi ɒv klˈɒks], \s_ˈɪ_m_p_ə_θ_i_ ɒ_v k_l_ˈɒ_k_s]\
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When two clocks are placed near each other, and rest in some degree on the same support, they will sometimes keep time together for several days without varying a second, though they might have differed considerably if otherwise situated ; the fact that the vibrations of the pendulums control each other is the sympathy of the clocks.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).