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electronic watch
1. A watch based on a quartz crystal or a tuning fork with battery-powered electronic circuits to provide greater accuracy than is possible with conventional spring-type mechanical movements.
2. A timepiece in which a battery replaces the mainspring, and the semiconductor elements replace the mechanical switching-contact arrangement.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 70)