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  2. Mengenlehreuhr - Wikipedia

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    The clock at its original location in May 1979, displaying 17:54 (5:54pm). The Mengenlehreuhr ( German for " Set Theory Clock") or Berlin-Uhr (" Berlin Clock") is the first public clock in the world that tells the time by means of illuminated, coloured fields, for which it entered the Guinness Book of Records upon its installation on 17 June 1975.

  3. Scalar expectancy - Wikipedia

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    The scalar timing or scalar expectancy theory (SET) is a model of the processes that govern behavior controlled by time. The model posits an internal clock, and particular memory and decision processes. [1] SET is one of the most important models of animal timing behavior. [2]

  4. Tone clock - Wikipedia

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    Hours: the 12 trichordal set-classes, called triads in tone-clock theory. The first hour is therefore IPF 1-1 (in pc-set theory, this would be set-class 3-1 or (012)), while the twelfth hour is IPF 4-4 (in pc-set theory, this would be set-class 3-12 or (048)). In tone-clock theory, the hours are often referred to using Roman numerals — so IV ...

  5. Set theory (music) - Wikipedia

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    The fundamental concept of musical set theory is the (musical) set, which is an unordered collection of pitch classes. [4] More exactly, a pitch-class set is a numerical representation consisting of distinct integers (i.e., without duplicates). [5]

  6. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the estimated likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [1] Maintained since 1947, the Clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances. That is, the time ...

  7. Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars ... - AOL

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    There's been plenty of debate over the practice, but about 70 countries — about 40% of those across the globe — currently use what Americans call daylight saving time. At one point, if riders ...

  8. Daylight Saving Time: How to set the clock on anything - AOL

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    On Sunday clocks around the country will "Spring Ahead" an hour to mark the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. For most of these clocks, on newer devices connected to the Internet, will update to ...

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