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hour
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Meanings
noun
  • a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes.
    E.g. an extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings
  • a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday.
    E.g. the clock in the sitting room struck the hour
  • a fixed period of time for an activity, such as work, use of a building, etc.
    E.g. the dinner hour
  • (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.
    E.g. an organized life of prayer including the canonical hours
  • 15° of longitude or right ascension (one twenty-fourth part of a circle).

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