Hour
Meanings and phrases
hour
- a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; hr; 60 minutes
- clock time; time of day
- a special and memorable period
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it; minute
early-morning hour
- an hour early in the morning
n.
- the latest possible moment; last minute
- Corresponds to the English expression "the eleventh hour".
- This they believed had deprived Germany of almost certain victory at the eleventh hour.
- Whilst submitting these arguments, Geoffrey de Havilland funded his private venture until the eleventh hour.
n.
- the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body
- (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
n.
- the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours); kilometres per hour; kph; km/h
- 60 kilometers per hour or 1.4 kilometers per second.
- Such tsunamis travel 600–800 kilometers per hour (373–497 miles per hour), depending on water depth.
- The trucks generally travel much faster than the plows, averaging between 30 and 40 kilometers per hour.
n.
- the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours); kilometers per hour; kph; km/h
- Motor vehicle speed limits are measured in kilometres per hour.
- Trains using High Speed 1 reach speeds of 300 kilometres per hour (186 mph) whilst in the tunnel.
- The Dinah was extremely fast for its size and could reach speeds in excess of 600 kilometres per hour.
n.
- a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour; kW-hr; Board of Trade unit; B.T.U.
late-night hour
- the latter part of night
n.
- the distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour; approximately one billion kilometers
n.
- the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours); mph
- a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel; mph
- The maximum speed limit is 30 miles per hour.
- Aircraft travel at 10,000 miles per hour.
- During the storm, oak wilt spread at up to 100 miles per hour.
n.
- the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work
- Žirmūnai suffers from rush hour traffic jams.
- This leads to a busy rush hour, and regular traffic jams.
- It can get very crowded during rush hour.
n.
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; day; twenty-four hours; 24-hour interval; solar day; mean solar day
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- There are also two trains per hour to Guildford.
- 60 kilometers per hour or 1.4 kilometers per second.
- The train runs at an average speed of 70 km per hour.
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- The entire attack lasted less than half an hour.
- The walk should have taken her half an hour.
- Long died half an hour after being taken to the hospital.
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- An hour later the kidnapping victim was released.
- James died about an hour later at Bridgeport Hospital.
- All three were arrested by police about an hour later.
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- It was also noted that it was half hour from Sar'a.
- Smith agrees to come to Baker Street within a half hour.
- He also has a half hour comedy series for UKTV 'Henry IX".
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- The pictures show this for every hour on equinox day.
- The Channel comes out with updates every hour.
- A cuckoo which popped out every hour was added in 1905.
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- There are also two trains per hour to Guildford.
- The S20 operates two trains per hour south to Bellinzona and Locarno.
- Two trains per hour run to Kashihara Jingu-mae and four to Kawachinagano.
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- He accepted her request, an hour before the registration closed.
- They engaged "Fox" for nearly an hour before they finally struck.
- Two telephone warnings were given within half an hour before the blast.
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- ET (5 p.m. to 12 midnight CT), with the first hour produced locally.
- Pesce's art-film roots are evident in the movie’s slow-burn first hour.
- Australia struggled against the new ball in the first hour of the day three.
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- It consists of three episodes, each an hour long.
- The party emerged unscathed after a 44 hour long trip.
- Breakouts are typically one hour long and generally focus on IT.
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- Ejaculate liquefies within an hour.
- While Malashri suffered multiple injuries, Sunil died within an hour.
- They usually stand within a few minutes of calving, and suckle within an hour.
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- For each hour they hold out, their team gets Rs.
- BBC World Service newscasts are heard atop each hour.
- This meant that there were now nine games in each hour.
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- In the peak hour, trains on the line run to and from Friedberg.
- During peak hour the road is often a traffic nightmare for locals.
- In the peak hour, trains run to/from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof.
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- It can get very crowded during rush hour.
- The streets of central Frankfurt are usually congested with cars during rush hour.
- It's considered one of the most traffic jam area in Bangkok especially during rush hour.
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- Both newscast air for an hour each.
- The show aired for an hour each week including commercials and was hosted by Gretel Killeen.
- He traveled to and from practice from Ebeye to Kwajalein, by ferry that took a half hour each way.
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- The show ran for an hour during its entire run.
- Whitehead announced the news at the top of the hour during the nighttime hours.
- Rainfall rates were expected to reach nearly per hour during the height of the storm.
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- On the hour mark, Crawley took the lead through Luke Gambin against the run of play.
- Dana Stevens of "Slate" wrote that the movie lost its way around the hour mark, noting that "the Infected just aren't that scary."
- After the break, both sides made wholesale changes, and Mikael Mandron completed the scoring to make it 4–1 to United on the hour mark.
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- On Sundays there is just one train per hour in each direction.
- Off-peak there are two trains per hour in each direction across the viaduct.
- During operating hours there are between four and six journeys per hour in each direction.
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- On Sundays there is just one train per hour in each direction.
- , the typical off-peak service is one train per hour to and one to .
- These trains go to London Victoria and London Bridge via Sutton and West Croydon, with one train per hour in each direction on both routes.
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- The show now begins with the "Handel on the News", segment previously heard in the show's second hour.
- In 2019, the meeting schedule was condensed into a two-hour block (with alternating meetings during the second hour).
- Kevin Ritchie of "Now" found the music "impressive", but found the "lyrical ambivalence" to be "a bit one-note" by the album's second hour.
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- It had a capacity of 400 passengers per hour.
- The metro is designed to carry 30,000 passengers per hour.
- It carries 360 passengers per hour, and lasts for 50 seconds.
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- Under FAI rules, endurance records had to be broken by a full hour.
- Each week features an interview with a different guest for the full hour.
- The breathing apparatus incorporated a scrubber and an oxygen regulator and could last for up to a full hour.
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- I was then going at 40 or 50 miles an hour.
- The best speed on the open road was about 80 miles an hour.
- Soon after departure conditions included winds of 50 miles an hour.
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- There is one train an hour between Liverpool Lime Street and Preston.
- There is also one train an hour between Manchester Victoria/Hazel Grove to Blackpool North.
- News Channel updates were usually broadcast at 40 minutes past the hour between 08:00 and 23:00.
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- It has been repeatedly called, "NASA's finest hour".
- It was said it was their "finest hour" as Catholics and as Canadians.
- Kino's finest hour came in 1990 with a concert at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.
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- The parking fee is $1 per hour per vehicle, maximum $5 for the day.
- Although the transmitters are active 24 hours a day, each transmits the time code one hour per day.
- People who did not get at least two hours — even if they surpassed an hour per week — did not get the benefits.
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- As a result, on May 3 workers left the factory half an hour earlier.
- ITV's initial plan to broadcast the programme an hour earlier at 6pm was blocked by Sky.
- The main earthquake was preceded almost exactly an hour earlier by a 5.4 foreshock with a similar epicenter and focal mechanism.
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- The journey to London takes approximately one hour.
- This process took approximately one hour to complete.
- The opera lasts approximately one hour and fifty minutes.
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- Traffic jams occur in rush hour near Interchange Lankhorst, especially in the morning rush hour.
- Although there is an entrance directly onto the south-bound platform, it is only open during the morning rush hour.
- The instantaneous peak loading on the system is 210–220 MW (as of 2009) during the morning rush hour, and up to 225 MW during afternoon.
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- Johnson struggled to score, while Tallon did so freely in the last hour.
- Maroon 5 was a last hour addition, following Jay-Z leaving for personal reasons.
- Goullet rode the last hour of the race - a six-day relay race - without Grenda's help.