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An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.

• Motioner
  One who makes a motion; a mover.
• Short circuit
  A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
• Short-lived
  Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
• SHORTCIRCUIT
  A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
• Instrumentalist
  One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
• Motionist
  A mover.
• Short-circuited
  of Short-circuit
• Slidegroat
  The game of shovelboard.
• SHORTDATED
  Having little time to run from the date. "Thy short-dated life." Sandys.
• Instrumentalities
  of Instrumentality
• Instrumentality
  The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
• Motionless
  Without motion; being at rest.
• Short-circuiting
  of Short-circuit
• Shortness
  The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness
• SHORTHANDED
  Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
• Clockwork
  The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
• Instrumentally
  By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.

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