Watchtower
noun
A tall building or tower that gives a wide view, used for watching for enemies or danger.
The old castle had a watchtower from where one could see the entire kingdom.
Often appears as...
- castle watchtower
- lookout watchtower
noun
A tall building or tower that gives a wide view, used for watching for enemies or danger.
The old castle had a watchtower from where one could see the entire kingdom.
Often appears as...
- castle watchtower
- lookout watchtower
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Originally used for spotting danger, especially in medieval times around castles.
The knights would signal the watchtower upon approaching their castle.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Interpretation
Now sometimes symbolizes vigilance or the act of protecting something.
The neighborhood watchtower represents our community's commitment to safety.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Metaphor
Can be a metaphor for a person who keeps watch or oversees an area.
The teacher was a watchtower, ensuring the students stayed on task.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Originally used for spotting danger, especially in medieval times around castles.
The knights would signal the watchtower upon approaching their castle.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Interpretation
Now sometimes symbolizes vigilance or the act of protecting something.
The neighborhood watchtower represents our community's commitment to safety.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Metaphor
Can be a metaphor for a person who keeps watch or oversees an area.
The teacher was a watchtower, ensuring the students stayed on task.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Use
Originally used for spotting danger, especially in medieval times around castles.
The knights would signal the watchtower upon approaching their castle.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Interpretation
Now sometimes symbolizes vigilance or the act of protecting something.
The neighborhood watchtower represents our community's commitment to safety.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Metaphor
Can be a metaphor for a person who keeps watch or oversees an area.
The teacher was a watchtower, ensuring the students stayed on task.
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Rachel Pike: The science...
calculating hundreds of variables each, on minute timescales. It takes weeks to perform our integrations, and we perform dozens of integrations in order to understand what's happening. We also fly all over the world looking for this thing. I recently joined a field campaign in Malaysia -- there are others. We found a global atmospheric watchtower there
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The science behind a...
calculating hundreds of variables each on minut timescales and it takes weeks to perform our integrations and we perform dozens of integrations in order to understand what's happening we also fly all over the world looking for this thing recently joined a field campaign in Malaysia there are others we found a global atmospheric watchtower there in
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Giraffes on a Boat PIPE...
focused on elephant rhino lion there was nobody focused on giraffe and we know nothing about them and you know there's these iconic species that are you know the watchtowers of the the savannah in a way and they were just blinking out and
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Following the lights PIPE...
they were building a watchtower and that brought to me surveillance surveillance the with the mirror we live in these cities that we are as we other speakers have share we are being always bad but a
Video examples
Rachel Pike: The science...
calculating hundreds of variables each, on minute timescales. It takes weeks to perform our integrations, and we perform dozens of integrations in order to understand what's happening. We also fly all over the world looking for this thing. I recently joined a field campaign in Malaysia -- there are others. We found a global atmospheric watchtower there
Video examples
The science behind a...
calculating hundreds of variables each on minut timescales and it takes weeks to perform our integrations and we perform dozens of integrations in order to understand what's happening we also fly all over the world looking for this thing recently joined a field campaign in Malaysia there are others we found a global atmospheric watchtower there in
Video examples
Giraffes on a Boat PIPE...
focused on elephant rhino lion there was nobody focused on giraffe and we know nothing about them and you know there's these iconic species that are you know the watchtowers of the the savannah in a way and they were just blinking out and
Video examples
Following the lights PIPE...
they were building a watchtower and that brought to me surveillance surveillance the with the mirror we live in these cities that we are as we other speakers have share we are being always bad but a
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