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hour hand

The short hand on a clock or watch that indicates hours.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hour hand

(Horology) the pointer on a timepiece that indicates the hour. Compare minute hand, second hand

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hour′ hand`

the hand that indicates the hours on a clock or watch.

[1660–70]

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Noun

hour hand - the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours

little hand

hand - a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes"

Translations

عَقْرَب السّاعَه

hodinová ručička

den lille viser

Stundenzeiger

petite aiguille

kismutató

litli vísirinn

lilleviseren timeviseren

hodinová ručička

akrep

时针

hour hand

n → lancetta delle ore

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hour

(ˈauə) noun

(sometimes abbreviated to hr when written).

1. sixty minutes, the twenty-fourth part of a day. He spent an hour trying to start the car this morning; She'll be home in half an hour; a five-hour delay.

2. the time at which a particular thing happens. when the hour for action arrives; He helped me in my hour of need; You can consult him during business hours.

ˈhourly adjective, adverb

(happening or done) every hour. Take his temperature hourly; hourly reports.

ˈhour-glass noun

a device that measures time in hours by passing sand from one glass container through a narrow tube into a lower container.

hour hand

the smaller of the two hands of a watch or clock, which shows the time in hours.

at all hours

at irregular times, especially late at night. He comes home at all hours.

for hours

for a very long time. We waited for hours for the train.

on the hour

at exactly one, two, three etc o'clock. Buses leave here for London on the hour until 10 o'clock in the evening.

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