Hour

Hour

The hour (common symbol: h or hr) is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds. It is approximately 1/24 of a mean solar day.

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Famous quotes containing the word hour:

    “A day for toil, an hour for sport,
    But for a friend is life too short.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The hour when you say, “What does my reason matter? Does it crave knowledge as a lion craves its food? It is poverty and filth, and a wretched complacency!””
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “Ah! late I spoke to silent throngs,
    And now their hour is come.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)