hour : Idioms & Phrases

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24-hour interval

  • noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    mean solar day; twenty-four hour period; solar day; day; 24-hour interval.
    • two days later they left
    • they put on two performances every day
    • there are 30,000 passengers per day
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After hours

  • adverb not during regular hours
    • he often worked after hours
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  • after the time appointed for one's regular labor.
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after-hours

  • adjective satellite after closing time especially a legally established closing time
    • after-hours socializing
    • an after-hours club
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ampere-hour

  • noun a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs
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canonical hour

  • noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer
    canonical hour.
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Canonical hours

  • noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer
    canonical hour.
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  • certain stated times of the day, fixed by ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of prayer and devotion; also, certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to the hours from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. (formerly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and after which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish church.
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credit hour

  • noun a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
    credit hour.
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early-morning hour

  • noun an hour early in the morning
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eleventh hour

  • noun the latest possible moment
    last minute.
    • money became available at the eleventh hour
    • at the last minute the government changed the rules
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flower-of-an-hour

  • noun annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
    bladder ketmia; black-eyed Susan; Hibiscus trionum; flower-of-an-hour.
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flowers-of-an-hour

  • noun annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
    bladder ketmia; black-eyed Susan; Hibiscus trionum; flower-of-an-hour.
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for 24 hours

  • adverb without stopping
    round the clock; around the clock.
    • she worked around the clock
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half-hour

  • noun a half of an hour
    30 minutes.
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happy hour

  • noun the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price
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horsepower-hour

  • noun a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour
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Hour angle

  • noun the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body
  • noun (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
    HA.
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  • (Astron.), the angle between the hour circle passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.
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Hour circle

  • noun a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles
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  • . (Astron.) (a) Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the equator into spaces of 15°, or one hour, each. (b) A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension. (c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in working problems on the globe.
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Hour hand

  • noun the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours
    little hand.
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  • the hand or index which shows the hour on a timepiece.
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Hour line

  • . (a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour. (b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial.
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Hour plate

  • the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. Locke.
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kilometers per hour

  • noun the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
    kph; kilometers per hour; km/h.
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kilometres per hour

  • noun the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
    kph; kilometers per hour; km/h.
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kilowatt hour

  • noun a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
    kW-hr; B.T.U.; Board of Trade unit.
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late-night hour

  • noun the latter part of night
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light hour

  • noun the distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour; approximately one billion kilometers
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Little hours

  • (R. C. Ch.), the offices of prime, tierce, sext, and nones. Vespers and compline are sometimes included.
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man hour

  • noun a time unit used in industry for measuring work
    man hour.
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miles per hour

  • noun the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
    mph.
  • noun a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel
    mph.
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person hour

  • noun a time unit used in industry for measuring work
    man hour.
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Post hour

  • hour for posting letters. Dickens.
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quarter-hour

  • noun a quarter of an hour
    15 minutes.
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rush hour

  • noun the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work
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semester hour

  • noun a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
    credit hour.
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Sidereal hour

  • noun 1/24 of a sidereal day
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  • the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day.
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Small hours

  • noun the hours just after midnight
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  • . See under Hour.
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Solar hour

  • the twenty-fourth part of a solar day.
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The small hours

  • the early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc. also "wee hours"
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To keep good (∨ bad) hours

  • to be customarily early (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest.
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To keep good hours

  • to be regular in going to bed early.
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To serve the time ∨ the hour

  • to regulate one's actions by the requirements of the time instead of by one's duty; to be a timeserver. Obs.
    They think herein we serve the time, because thereby we either hold or seek preferment. Hooker.
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twenty-four hour period

  • noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    mean solar day; twenty-four hour period; solar day; day; 24-hour interval.
    • two days later they left
    • they put on two performances every day
    • there are 30,000 passengers per day
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twenty-four hours

  • noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    mean solar day; twenty-four hour period; solar day; day; 24-hour interval.
    • two days later they left
    • they put on two performances every day
    • there are 30,000 passengers per day
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watt-hour

  • noun a unit of energy equal to the power of one watt operating for one hour
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zero hour

  • noun the time set for the start of an action or operation
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