hour+(noun)

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• hour hand — noun the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours • Syn: ↑little hand • Hypernyms: ↑hand * * * noun : the index showing the hour on a timepiece * * * the hand that indicates the hours on a clock or watch. [1660 70] * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• hour — ► NOUN 1) a period of time equal to a twenty fourth part of a day and night; 60 minutes. 2) a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday. 3) a period set aside for a particular purpose or activity. 4) a point in… …   English terms dictionary

• hour — [ aur ] noun *** ▸ 1 60 minutes of time ▸ 2 a long time ▸ 3 time in which you do something ▸ 4 particular time of day ▸ 5 point in history/life ▸ 6 exact time ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a period of time that consists of 60 minutes. 30 minutes is… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• hour — noun 1 period of sixty minutes ADJECTIVE ▪ full, solid ▪ I slept for eight solid hours. ▪ contact, credit (AmE) (both education) ▪ the …   Collocations dictionary

• hour — noun (C) 1 60 MINUTES a period of 60 minutes. There are 24 hours in a day: The flight to Moscow takes just over three hours. | Karen is paid $10 an hour. | in an hour/in an hour s time (=an hour from now): I ll be back in an hour. | an hour s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hour angle — noun 1. the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer s meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑distance 2. (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along… …   Useful english dictionary

• hour — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French ure, eure, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin hora canonical hour, from Latin, hour of the day, from Greek hōra more at year Date: 13th century 1. a time or office for daily liturgical devotion;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hour — noun 1》 a period of time equal to a twenty fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes. 2》 a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday.     ↘(hours) [with preceding numeral] a time so specified on… …   English new terms dictionary

• hour|glass — «OWR GLAS, GLAHS», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a device for measuring time. It takes just an hour for its contents (sand or mercury) to go from a glass bulb on top through a narrow opening into one on the bottom. 2. any similar sand glass, though the …   Useful english dictionary

• hour circle — noun a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles • Hypernyms: ↑great circle * * * noun 1. : a circle of the celestial sphere passing through the two poles 2. : the circle upon an equatorial telescope mounted… …   Useful english dictionary

• hour — noun /aʊə(ɹ),aʊɚ/ a) A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty fourth of a day. I spent an hour at lunch. b) A season, moment, time or stound. From childhood …   Wiktionary