Ho*rol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in horology.
Ho*rol"o*gy (?), n. [See Horologe.] The science of measuring time, or
the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and
indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.
Ho*rom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; hour + -meter.] An instrument for
measuring time.
Hor`o*met"ric*al (?), a. Belonging to horometry.
Ho*rom"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. horomÈtrie. See Horometer.] The art,
practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate
divisions. "The horometry of antiquity." Sir T. Browne.
Ho*rop"ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; boundary + &?; one who looks.] (Opt.) The
line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen
single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains
unchanged.
The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point of
sight remains unchanged, is called the horopter.
J. Le Conte.
Hor`op*ter"ic (?), a. (Opt.) Of or pertaining to the horopter.
Hor"o*scope (?), n. [F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. &?;, adj.,
observing hours or times, esp. observing the hour of birth, n., a
horoscope; &?; hour + &?; to view, observe. See Hour, and -scope.] 1.
(Astrol.) (a) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at
the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to
foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the
zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. (b) The diagram or
scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole
circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction
of fortune.