twenty-four hour clock

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• twenty-four-hour clock — noun A method of reckoning time by successive periods of twenty four hours, continuing the sequence with 13 after 12 noon • • • Main Entry: ↑twenty …   Useful english dictionary

• twenty-four-hour clock — noun a method of measuring the time in hours from one to twenty four, rather than from one to twelve …   English new terms dictionary

• twenty-four-hour — /twɛnti fɔr ˈaʊə/ (say twentee fawr owuh) adjective 1. lasting for one day: a twenty four hour strike; a twenty four hour stomach bug. 2. going on continually; around the clock: twenty four hour security …  

• 12-hour clock — AM/PM redirects here. For the convenience store chain, see ampm. Clock system 12 hour 24 hour midnight (start of day) 12:00* 00:00 12:59 a.m. 00:59   1:00 a.m. 01:00   2:00 a.m. 02:00 … …   Wikipedia

• 24-hour clock — 24H redirects here. For the Canadian newspaper chain, see 24H (newspaper). 24 hour clock 12 hour clock 00:00 12:00 a.m. (start of day) 12 midnight 01:00 1:00 a.m. 02:00 2:00 a.m. 03:00 3:00 a.m. 04:00 4:00 a.m. 05:00 …   Wikipedia

• 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

• clock — clock1 W3S2 [klɔk US kla:k] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: clocke bell, clock , from Medieval Latin clocca bell , from a Celtic language] 1.) an instrument that shows what time it is, in a room or outside on a building ▪ The clock on …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hour */*/*/ — UK [ˈaʊə(r)] / US [aʊr] noun Word forms hour : singular hour plural hours 1) a) [countable] a period of time that consists of 60 minutes. 30 minutes is usually called half an hour, 15 minutes can be called a quarter of an hour, and 45 minutes can …   English dictionary

• clock — 1 noun (C) 1 an instrument in a room or on a public building that shows what time it is: The clock was ticking on the mantelpiece. | the clock strikes three/half past four etc: The church clock struck midnight. | the clock says... (=the clock… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hour — [[t]a͟ʊ ə(r)[/t]] ♦ hours 1) N COUNT An hour is a period of sixty minutes. They waited for about two hours... I only slept about half an hour that night. ...a twenty four hour strike... London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the… …   English dictionary

• time - clock times and periods of the day — This entry deals with clock times and periods of the day, and prepositions and adverbs used to indicate time. For information on referring to days and longer periods of time, see entry at ↑ Days and dates. For information on time clauses, see… …   Useful english dictionary