Usually means: Device drops ball to signal time.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. time ball: Merriam-Webster
  2. time ball: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. time-ball: Vocabulary.com
  4. time-ball, time ball: Wordnik
  5. time-ball, time ball: Wiktionary
  6. Time ball, time-ball: Dictionary.com
  7. Time Ball, Time-ball, Time ball: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. time-ball: Rhymezone
  9. time-ball, time ball: FreeDictionary.org
  10. time-ball: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. Time ball, time-ball: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (time ball)

noun:  A large wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time to enable sailors to check their marine chronometers from their boats offshore.

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