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Princeton's WordNet
hoursnoun
a period of time assigned for work
"they work long hours"
hoursnoun
an indefinite period of time
"they talked for hours"
Wikipedia
hours
An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as 1⁄24 of a day and scientifically reckoned between 3,599 and 3,601 seconds, depending on the speed of Earth's rotation. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. The hour was initially established in the ancient Near East as a variable measure of 1⁄12 of the night or daytime. Such seasonal, temporal, or unequal hours varied by season and latitude. Equal or equinoctial hours were taken as 1⁄24 of the day as measured from noon to noon; the minor seasonal variations of this unit were eventually smoothed by making it 1⁄24 of the mean solar day. Since this unit was not constant due to long term variations in the Earth's rotation, the hour was finally separated from the Earth's rotation and defined in terms of the atomic or physical second. In the modern metric system, hours are an accepted unit of time defined as 3,600 atomic seconds. However, on rare occasions an hour may incorporate a positive or negative leap second, making it last 3,599 or 3,601 seconds, in order to keep it within 0.9 seconds of UT1, which is based on measurements of the mean solar day.
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hours
Hours refers to a unit of time measurement that is commonly used to quantify the duration of an activity or event. In the context of a day, an hour consists of 60 minutes, and there are typically 24 hours in a day. It is used to schedule and plan specific periods of time, appointments, or work shifts.
Webster Dictionary
Hours
goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day
Etymology: [A translation of L. Horae (Gr. ). See Hour.]
Editors Contribution
hours
Plural form of the word hour.
There are twenty four hours in an earthly time structure on planet Earth.
Submitted by MaryC on April 24, 2016
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Hours in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Hours in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Hours in a Sentence
I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'
It's a shame that Bulgarian railways are in such a poor condition, you need more than eight hours to reach the Black Sea from Sofia, it's just ridiculous.
This isnt Bo Jackson showing up and here, well pitch you the ball and you outrun everybody, or Deion Sanders helicoptering in and his great speed, coverage skills, when youre a quarterback, you have to put in hours and hours of study running an offense. ... You cant play both sports when youre a quarterback. I think if he wants to play quarterback, which appears to be his greatest love, there cant be any question that hes 100 percent football.
Children were upset about being home, teenagers were closed off from friends. And on top of all that everyone’s looking at screens for hours and hours a day.
It is clear that tomorrow's in person voting does not conform, and can not conform with these CDC guidelines. We can not conduct this election tomorrow, the in-person voting for 13 hours tomorrow, and conform to these guidelines.
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