Below you will find example sentences with "master clock". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Master Clock in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 9
  • Discovered as a combination around: clock
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.2 words

Words in this phrase

master clock

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • master can mean: Someone who has control over something or someone. Frequent word
  • clock can mean: A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

be a master clock able to 1× by the master clock or require 1× cpu s master clock signal clock 1× from the master clock 1× from the master clock so that 1× from the master clock to advance 1× from the master clock to the 1× has a master clock in the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

clocks are with 1× slave clock synchronization 1× the human body 1× the master clock 1× there may be 1× these older styles 1×

Common sentence endings:

a master clock 1× are in phase 1× clock to advance 1× oscillators in tissues 1× sequences of events 1× signal clock rate 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

slave 6× signal 5× phase 4× clocks 4× may 3× frequency 2× locked 2× events 2× standard 2× adjust 1× transit 1× adjusted 1×

Related phrases

master degree clock tower master bedroom master plan clock speeds reference clock

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around clock:

clock speeds 7× reference clock 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

master bedroom massive success massive solar massive part massachusetts institute massachusetts financial

Just after it in the phrase index:

master degree master plan masters degree materials science maternity leave matt gaetz

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

master degree master bedroom master plan

Same ending:

reference clock

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "master clock" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as be a master clock able to, by the master clock or require, slave, signal and phase stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with master degree, clock tower, master bedroom, clock speeds and reference clock, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with master clock

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

This number refers to the frequency of the CPU's master clock signal (" clock rate "). (15 words)

Clocks are, with varying degrees of accuracy, phase-locked (time-locked) to a master clock. (15 words)

The human body has a master clock in the SCN and also peripheral oscillators in tissues. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

To adjust for the transit time of the signal from the master clock to the slave clock, the phase of the slave clock may be adjusted with respect to the signal from the master clock so that both clocks are in phase. (42 words)

There may be a master clock able to communicate with all parts of the embryo that controls the course of events, or timing may depend simply on local causal sequences of events. (32 words)

The U.S. Naval Observatory master clock is one of the two standard time and frequency references for the U.S. Government in accordance with Federal Standard 1002-A. (29 words)

Example sentences (9)

To adjust for the transit time of the signal from the master clock to the slave clock, the phase of the slave clock may be adjusted with respect to the signal from the master clock so that both clocks are in phase.

Slave clock synchronization is usually achieved by phase -locking the slave clock signal to a signal received from the master clock.

These older styles of slave clocks either keep time by themselves, and are periodically corrected by the master clock, or require impulses from the master clock to advance.

This number refers to the frequency of the CPU's master clock signal (" clock rate ").

Clocks are, with varying degrees of accuracy, phase-locked (time-locked) to a master clock.

The human body has a master clock in the SCN and also peripheral oscillators in tissues.

The master clock (bottom center), controlled by a temperature-compensated mercury pendulum, is wired to slave clocks throughout the building.

There may be a master clock able to communicate with all parts of the embryo that controls the course of events, or timing may depend simply on local causal sequences of events.

The U.S. Naval Observatory master clock is one of the two standard time and frequency references for the U.S. Government in accordance with Federal Standard 1002-A.