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Meaning of "hour hand" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOUR HAND

hour hand play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOUR HAND

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Hour hand is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOUR HAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hour hand

Clock face

A clock face or dial is the part of an analog clock that displays the time through the use of a fixed-numbered dial or dials and moving hands. In its most basic form, recognized throughout the world, the periphery of the dial is numbered 1 through 12 indicating the hours in a 12-hour cycle, and a short hour hand makes two revolutions in a day. A longer minute hand makes one revolution every hour. The face may also include a seconds hand which makes one revolution per minute. The term is less commonly used for the time display on digital clocks and watches. A single-hand watch A second type of clock face is the 24-hour analog dial, widely used in military and other organizations that use 24-hour time. This is similar to the 12-hour dial above, except it has hours numbered 1–24 around the outside, and the hour hand makes only one revolution per day. Some special-purpose clocks, such as timers and sporting event clocks, are designed for measuring periods less than one hour. Clocks can indicate the hour with Roman numerals or Hindu–Arabic numerals, or with non-numeric indicator marks.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOUR HAND

hound´s-tongue
hound´s-tooth check
houndfish
hounds
houngan
Hounslow
Houphouet-Boigny
hour
hour angle
hour circle
hourglass
hourglass figure
houri
hourlong
hourly
hourly worker
hourplate
hours
house
house agent

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOUR HAND

a free hand
a heavy hand
at first hand
at hand
at second hand
by hand
come to hand
first hand
from hand to hand
hand
hand in hand
hat in hand
helping hand
in hand
on hand
out of hand
second hand
take in hand
the upper hand
to hand
upper hand

Synonyms and antonyms of hour hand in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hour hand» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOUR HAND

Find out the translation of hour hand to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hour hand from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hour hand» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

时针
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aguja de las horas
570 millions of speakers

English

hour hand
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घड़ी की सूई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساعة يد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

часовая стрелка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponteiro das horas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তোমার হাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aiguille des heures
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jam tangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stundenzeiger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

時針
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시간 손
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jam tangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kim chỉ giờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணி கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तास काटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saat ibresi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lancetta delle ore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

godzinowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

годинна стрілка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ora mână
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ώρα χέρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uur hand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

timvisare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

timeviseren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hour hand

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUR HAND»

The term «hour hand» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.174 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUR HAND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hour hand

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOUR HAND»

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Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book
In the north temperate zone only, the hour hand is pointed toward the sun. A south line can be found midway between the hour hand and 1200 hours, standard time. When on daylight saving time, the north-south line is found between the hour ...
Paul Tawrell, 2006
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Aha! Solutions
The two hands do not coincide between 12:00 and 1:00, or between 1 1:00 and 12:00, because the minute hand travels faster than the hour hand. By symmetry, the eleven coincidences are equally spaced around the circular face of the clock.
Martin Erickson, 2009
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Guiding Children's Learning of Mathematics
30, advance the hour hand and ask why the minute hand is also moving. Ask children to predict what happens to the hour hand as the minute hand moves closer to 60 minutes. 0 To help children realize the meaning of 5 minutes, have them ...
Steve Tipps, Art Johnson, Leonard Kennedy, 2010
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The R.I. Schoolmaster
the distance from VI to VIII, and the distance from the hour-hand to VI being the same as that from VI to the minute-hand, the distance from VIII back to the minute- hand is the same as that from IV to the hour-hand, which is 1 part; this added to ...
‎1860
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How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT: Third ...
Since, the minute hand and the hour hand are both moving in the same direction, the relative speed of the minute hand with respect to the hour hand is 55 kmph, that is, for every hour elapsed, the minute hand goes 55 km (minute) more than ...
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Rediscovering Mathematics: You Do the Math
Nonetheless, our method of summation provides a very concrete solution to a much less philosophical yet challenging puzzle: What time is it when the minute hand passes directly over the hour hand between 2:00 and 3:00? This problem ...
Shai Simonson, 2011
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How to Build 35 Great Clocks
Most suppliers recommend certain style hands for certain movements. You will soon develop an eye for the right combination to achieve a matching of all units. For most clock movements, the hour hand is a pressure fit on the movement shaft.
Joseph Daniele, 1984
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The Puzzle Instinct: The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life
Figure S.I 1.4 When it is precisely 8:00, the hour hand is at the 8:00 division point and the minute hand at the 12:00 point. A division point is equivalent to a minute on a clock. We start by letting x represent the number of divisions after 8:00 ...
Marcel Danesi, 2004
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Clock and Calendar Skills: Teaching Time to Special Students
Students distinguish between the hour hand and minute hand. 2. Students identify the time on the hour. 3. Students learn clock face, digital notation, and words for each time on the hour. Materials needed Large cardboard or oaktag clock face ...
Jean Bunnell, 1996
10
Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?: And Other Intriguing ...
The Ambiguous Clock Take two copies of a standard clock: one that runs at normal speed and an auxiliary clock whose motion is determined by the physical attachment of its hour hand to the minute hand of the normal clock. This will cause ...
Joseph D. E. Konhauser, Dan Velleman, Stan Wagon, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOUR HAND»

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Will this new dawn of Royal Stoke queue-busting be the real thing …
One the one hand, directors spent a good hour hand-wringing over how to end its emergency pressures failings which became the worst in ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Brief test can spot early stages of Alzheimer's
I lost one point in the clock drawing for not making sure the hour hand was noticeably smaller than the minute hand. The test also had a section ... «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
3
Harry Winston
The local time is indicated by an inventive 3D hour hand, crafted from anodized aluminum. The watch is fitted with a unique strap, made with ... «World Tempus, Jul 15»
4
Bayliss fingerprints on Smith blueprint
... can unfold when parsimony is mixed with patience, throwing away his almost two-hour hand just minutes from stumps having been starved of ... «cricket.com.au, Jul 15»
5
A closer look at history
In the clock pictured, the minute hand points to 10 minutes before 12 and the hour hand has passed the six, approaching the seven. «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
6
Feelings expressed powerfully at TOSH
... Time Flies, Sharon Urdahl's clock measures the milestones and events in her life with family photos, poems and a feather for the hour hand. «Parksville Qualicum Beach News, Jul 15»
7
Every outdoors expert should know these tricks
If you're in the northern hemisphere, just point your hour hand in the direction of the sun and imagine a line from the center of the dial that ... «WKBW-TV, Jul 15»
8
Time to have historic clock ticking again
The historic Witney Blanket Hall timepiece, which only has an hour hand, has long been a curiosity in the town, especially because the hand ... «Oxford Mail, Jul 15»
9
The weirdest interview questions (allegedly) asked to junior …
How? How many windows are there in this building? It's 3.20pm. What's the angle of the second hand and the hour hand on the clock? «eFinancialCareers, Jul 15»
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Astronomical Sleuth Reveals the Timing of Iconic 1945 'Kiss'
The minute hand was clearly pointing to the "10," but the hour hand was unusually short, making it difficult to read with certainty from the ... «Military.com, Jul 15»

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