/ˈkläkˌwərk/
Adjective/Noun
Adjective
1. something driven by a system consisting of gears and springs used to drive a clock, toy, or other machine
Evoking widespread wonder, hydraulic, spring-powered and clockwork automata proliferated in Europe, from mechanized angels in churches to Neptune automata in grottoes. “Ancient dreams of intelligent machines: 3,000 years of robots”, Nature Noun 2. a system consisting of gears and springs used to drive a clock, toy, or other machine The course of the seasons is a piece of clockwork, with a cuckoo to call when it is spring. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799)