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Hour

ˈaʊə

Hour definitions
noun
hour hours
  1. a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes

    "an extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings"

    moment time point in time moment in time minute second hour
    • a more indefinite period of time

      "during the early hours of the morning"

    • the distance travelled in one hour

      "Ocean City is less than an hour away"

  2. a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday

    "the clock in the sitting room struck the hour"

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    • a time specified on the twenty-four-hour clock

      "the first bomb fell at 0051 hours"

    • the time as formerly reckoned from sunrise

      "it was about the ninth hour"

  3. a fixed period of time for an activity, such as work, use of a building, etc.

    "the dinner hour"

    • a particular point in time

      "I wondered if my last hour had come"

  4. (in the Western (Latin) Church) a short service of psalms and prayers to be said at a particular time of day, especially in religious communities

    "an organized life of prayer including the canonical hours"

  5. 15° of longitude or right ascension (one twenty-fourth part of a circle)