Displaying a digital clock as well will help children see the relationship between an analog and a digital clock time system. The analemma offers a graphic display of one of the lessons a horologium can teach: the difference between clock time and sun time.
goodness gracious. Also,good gracious;gracious sakes. Exclamation of surprise, dismay, or alarm, as in Goodness gracious! You've forgotten your ticket. Both goodness and gracious originally alluded to the good (or grace) of God, but these colloquial expressions, which date from the 1700s, are not considered either vulgar or blasphemous.
Gracious and charming in a cheerful, carefree way. [Middle English debonaire, gracious, kindly, from Old French, from de bon aire, of good lineage or disposition : de, of (from Latin dÄ; see de-) + bon, bonne, good (from Latin bonus; see deu- in Indo-European roots) + aire, nest, family; see aerie.] debâ²oÂ·nairâ²ly adv.