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Look up: hour

  1. hour
    [n] - a special and memorable period 2. [n] - clock time 3. [n] - a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day 4. [n] - distance measured by the time taken to cover it
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Hour
    A unit of time equal to 60 minutes or 3600 seconds in length. See also: Minute, Second, Time.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  3. Hour
    Definition (keystage 1) An hour is way to measure. There are 60 minutes in 1 hour. There are 24 hours in 1 day.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  4. Hour
    Definition (keystage 3) A unit of time.<br /> There are sixty minutes in an hour and there are twenty-four hours in a day,<br />i.e. 60 min = 1 hr,<br />24hr = 1 day.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  5. Hour
    Hour noun [ Middle English hour , our , hore , ure , Old French hore , ore , ure , French heure , Latin hora , from Greek ..., orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See Year , and confer Horologe , Horoscope .] 1. The twenty-fourth part o ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/65

  6. hour
    1. <physics> The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes. ... 2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? at what hour shall we meet? ... 3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour. 'Woman, . . ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. hour
    minute noun distance measured by the time taken to cover it; `we live an hour from the airport`; `its just 10 minutes away`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. hour
    noun clock time; `the hour is getting late`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Hour
    The `hour` (symbol: `h`) is a unit of time. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour

  10. hour
    (our) a unit of time, being 60 minutes. the time something occurs. a unit of educational credit. golden hour the first hour following a traumatic injury; patients who are in the operating room within one hour of injury have a much higher survival rate.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  11. Hour
    • (n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet? • (n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers. • (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes. • (n.) A measure of distance traveled. &bul...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. hour
    in timekeeping, 3,600 seconds, now defined in terms of radiation emitted from atoms of the element cesium under specified conditions. The hour was ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/73

  13. hour
    hour (s), hours (pl) 1. One of the 24 equal parts of a day. 2. One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to midnight. 3. The time of day as indicated by a 12-hour clock and the time of day determined on a 24-hour basis: 1730 hours ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  14. hour
    1. a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
    2. clock time
    3. a special and memorable period
    4. distance measured by the time taken to cover it

    Found on

  15. hour
    • One twenty-fourth part of a day. • The unit of right ascension, equivalent to 15 degrees of arc.
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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