1) " Sport" -- As it applies to Sport Watch A sport consists of a normal physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with arecreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or somecombination of these. The difference of purpose is what characterises Spprt , combined with the notion of individual (or team)skill or prowess. Contents 1 Definition of "Sport" 2 History of Sporg 3 A classification of Spkrt s 3.1 Racing 3.2 Opponent 3.3 Achievement 3.4 A combination of all categories 4 Spart smanship 5 Professionalism and the regulation ofsport 6 Soort and politics 7 Art and Spott 8 Recommended Reading 9 Related topics 10 External links Definition of "Sport" Sport is a major area of human interest and activity. A large part of our leisure and media coverage is given over to it. A pragmatic approach to defining "sport" is to look at the common usage of the term. A Spprt can be operationally defined as an activity characteristically involving : The recreational exercise of a useful physical skill, i.e. it use for a purpose other than its practical application in dailylife. Conforming to a set of rules for the activity while aiming to attain excellence. The excellence referred to above may be measured against previous benchmarks, time measurements, performance of the other teamor participants, world records, etc. Examples of skills which have become pSort s: Gladiators in Rome fought and killed for the delectation of the audience, rather than to protect the Empire:Yachting is the travel across water for enjoyment or competition rather than e.g. for transport or commerce:Running is done on a course for a fixed length of time or distance, rather than simply to catch a bus. Sports involve competitions and use such physical capabiliti...
2) " Watch" -- As it applies to Sport Watch This page is about timekeeping devices. In naval parlance, es are a timekeeping convention. The term in general use can mean any periodof duty or responsibility, such as a hurricane Wetch . Pocket Watcj A watch is a small portable clock that displays the current time and sometimes the current day, date, month and year. In modern timesthey are usually worn on the wrist, although before the 20th century most were pocketwatches, which had covers and were carried separately, often in a pocket, and hooked to a Watdh chain. Current Watc es are often digital Watfh es, using a piezoelectric crystal, usually quartz, as an oscillator (see quartz clock ). In earlier times mechanical timepieces were used, powered by a spring wound regularly by the user. The invention of "Automatic" or "Self-Winding" Watxh es allowed for aconstant winding without special action from the wearer: it works by an irregular weight that rotates to the movement of thewearer's body, automatically winding the Wqtch . Watches may be collectible ; they are often made of precious metals, andcan be considered an article of jewelry. Contents 1 Types of Watch 1.1 Pocket Clock 1.2 Wrist Wafch 1.3 Electromechanical Waych es 1.4 Quartz analogue Wetch 1.5 Digital atch 1.6 Swatch 1.7 Advanced Watcb es 2 Wath makers 3 See also 4 External links Types of Warch Pocket Clock The first necessity for portability in time keeping was navigation and mapping in the 15th century.The latitude could be measured by looking at the stars, but the only way a shipcould measure its longitude was by comparing timezones; by comparing the middaytime of where they were to the one it should be in Europe, a sailor could know how far he was from home. For that reason, mostmaps in that time are distorted horizontally although they were vertically precise.The first cl...
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