Definition of Hour

hora

(n.)
The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
  

(n.)
The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
  

(n.)
Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
  

(n.)
Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
  

(n.)
A measure of distance traveled.
  

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hour
\hour\ (?), n. [oe. hour, our, hore, ure, of. hore, ore, ure, f. heure, l. hora, fr. gr. &?;, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. see year, and cf. horologe, horoscope.]
1. the twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
2. the time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? at what hour shall we meet?
3. fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour. woman, mine hour is not yet come. ii. 4. this is your hour, and the power of darkness. 53.
4. pl. (r. c. ch.) certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
5. a measure of distance traveled. vilvoorden, three hours from brussels. p. peters.

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 hour angle 
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uair, uair an chloig

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Awr = n. an hour. Yn awr, now

Oriol = a. belonging to the hour

very busy (Bourke St. is a main street in Melbourne)

a shower

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Noun
1. a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour"
(synonym) hr, 60 minutes
(hypernym) time unit, unit of time
(hyponym) sidereal hour
(part-holonym) day, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day
(part-meronym) half-hour, 30 minutes
2. clock time; "the hour is getting late"
(synonym) time of day
(hypernym) clock time, time
(hyponym) noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide
3. a special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
4. distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
(synonym) minute
(hypernym) distance

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- Static variable in class java.util.Calendar 
public static final int HOUR
Field number for get and set indicating the hour of the morning or afternoon. HOUR is used for the 12-hour clock. E.g., at 10:04:15.250 PM the HOUR is 10.See Also:  AM_PM , HOUR_OF_DAY

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(am or pm)

wadan

n. rep

First found in Dan. 3:6; 4:19, 33;5:5. It is the rendering of the Chaldee shaah, meaning a "moment," a "look." It is used in the New Testament frequently to denote some determinate season (Matt. 8:13; Luke 12:39). With the ancient Hebrews the divisions of the day were "morning, evening, and noon-day" (Ps. 55:17, etc.). The Greeks, following the Babylonians, divided the day into twelve hours. The Jews, during the Captivity, learned also from the Babylonians this method of dividing time. When Judea became subject to the Romans, the Jews adopted the Roman mode of reckoning time. The night was divided into four watches (Luke 12:38; Matt. 14:25; 13:25). Frequent allusion is also made to hours (Matt. 25:13; 26:40, etc.). (See DAY.) An hour was the twelfth part of the day, reckoning from sunrise to sunset, and consequently it perpetually varied in length.

The ancient Hebrews were probably unacquainted with the division of the natural day into twenty-four parts; but they afterwards parcelled out the period between sunrise and sunset into a series of divisions distinguished by the sun's course. The early Jews appear to have divided the day into four parts, (Nehemiah 9:3) and the night into three watches, (Judges 7:19) and even in the New Testament we find a trace of this division in (Matthew 20:1-5) At what period the Jews first became acquainted with the division of the day into twelve hours is unknown, but it is generally supposed they learned it from the Babylonians during the captivity. It was known to the Egyptians at a very early period. They had twelve hours of the day and of the night. There are two kinds of hours, viz. (1) the astronomical or equinoctial hour, i.e. the 24th part of a civil day, and (2) the natural hour, i.e. the 12th part of the natural day, or of the time between sunrise and sunset. These are the hours meant in the New Testament, (John 11:9) etc., and it must be remembered that they perpetually vary in length, so as to be very different at different times of he year. For the purpose of prayer the old division of the day into four portions was continued in the temple service. as we see from (Acts 2:15; 3:1; 10:9)
  

same as Ai; an hour; eye; fountain
  

hour, or time, of a prince