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hour H0295500 (our)n.1. One of the 24 equal parts of a day.2. a. 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.b. The time of day indicated by a 12-hour clock.c. hours The time of day determined on a 24-hour basis: 1730 hours is 5:30 pm.3. A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15° or 1/24 of a great circle.4. a. A customary or fixed time: the dinner hour.b. hours A set or customary period of time for a specified activity: banking hours.5. a. A particular time: their hour of need.b. A significant time: Her hour had come.c. The present time: the man of the hour.6. a. The work that can be accomplished in an hour.b. The distance that can be traveled in an hour.7. a. A single session of a school day or class.b. A credit hour.8. hours Ecclesiastical The canonical hours.Idiom: long hours A longer than usual or customary period of time for a given activity: worked long hours to finish the project on time.
[Middle English, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Greek hōrā, season, time; see yēr- in Indo-European roots.]hours (aʊəz) pl n1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc2. one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours)3. an indefinite period of time4. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a. the seven times of the day laid down for the recitation of the prayers of the divine officeb. the prayers recited at these times5. the small hours the hours just after midnight6. till all hours until very late
Hours (aʊəz) pl n (Classical Myth & Legend) another word for the HoraeThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  hours - a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours"work time - a time period when you are required to workduty period, work shift, shift - the time period during which you are at work | | 2. | hours - an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
Translationsorarioun sacco di tempoora- The trip takes two hours (US)
The journey takes two hours (UK) → 全程需要两小时 - When are visiting hours? → 几点钟是探视时间？
IdiomsSeehourHours
Hours (religion, spiritualism, and occult)In traditional astrology, the period between sunrise and sunset was subdivided into 12 hours, each ruled by a different planet. The tradition, to which there have been no serious modifications since the discovery of planets beyond Saturn, stipulates that the day should be divided into 12 equal segments between sunrise and sunset, which will thus vary in length according to the season. On a particular day, the first of these hours is ruled by the planet ruling that day of the week. In other words, on Saturday, the first hour would be ruled by Saturn; on Sunday, the first hour would be ruled by the Sun; and so forth. The succeeding hours are ruled by the next planet in the following order: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, and the Moon. After reaching the Moon, one begins again with Saturn and repeats the same order. Ancient astrologers were careful to carry out certain activities during appropriate hours. It was said, for example, that Paracelsus (a sixteenth-century German alchemist and physician) always chose to prepare chemical compounds on days and during hours when the ruling planet matched the therapeutic intent behind his compounds. Despite the importance given this subject by the ancients, modern astrologers have largely ignored the planetary hours. Sources:DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947. Hall, Manly P. Astrological Keywords. Savage, MD: Littlefield, Adams, 1975. AcronymsSeeHRShours
Words related to hoursnoun a period of time assigned for workRelated Words- work time
- duty period
- work shift
- shift
noun an indefinite period of timeRelated Words- period
- period of time
- time period
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