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A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
- Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond
- Near-synonym: microcentury (humorous approximation)
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A season, moment, or time.
- Don't come home ever again at this unearthly hour.
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The time.poetic
- The hour grows late and I must go home.
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Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.in-plural
- By 1300 hours the position was fairly clear.
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The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.in-plural
- I asked my manager for more hours.
- The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.
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The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.in-plural
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A distance that can be traveled in one hour.US
- This place is an hour away from where I live.
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