timekeeping

Definition

The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.

Etymology

From time + keeping.

Example Sentences

• "Timekeeping is better than on many Irish main lines; indeed, such delays as do occur are often attributable to late running of the Dublin-Sligo trains."
• "As already indicated, timekeeping is very poor. Point-to-point times are not kept, even with a clear road, and whilst fast running has never been a feature of the route because of the large number of junctions and speed restrictions, this Sunday night lethargy is hard to explain."
• "Our correspondent found that timekeeping had suffered following the substitution of Class 5 4-6-0s on these workings."

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