hour

hour
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ure, eure, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin hora canonical hour, from Latin, hour of the day, from Greek hōra — more at year Date: 13th century 1. a time or office for daily liturgical devotion; especially canonical hour 2. the 24th part of a day ; 60 minutes 3. a. the time of day reckoned in two 12-hour periods b. plural the time reckoned in one 24-hour period from midnight to midnight using a 4-digit number of which the first two digits indicate the hour and the last two digits indicate the minute <
in the military 4:30 p.m. is called 1630 hours
>
4. a. a customary or particular time <
lunch hour
>
<
in our hour of need
>
; also moment 1b <
hero of the hour
>
b. plural time of going to bed <
keeps late hours
>
; also time of working <
banker's hours
>
5. an angular unit of right ascension equal to 15 degrees measured along the celestial equator 6. the work done or distance traveled at normal rate in an hour <
the city was two hours away
>
7. a. a class session b. credit hour, semester hour

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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