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:

    Now I will believe
    That there are unicorns; that in Arabia
    There is one tree, the phoenix’ throne, one phoenix
    At this hour reigning there.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Oh! thou clear spirit of clear fire, whom on these seas I as Persian once did worship, till in the sacramental act so burned by thee, that to this hour I bear the scar; I now know thee, thou clear spirit, and I now know that thy right worship is defiance. To neither love nor reverence wilt thou be kind; and e’en for hate thou canst but kill; and all are killed. No fearless fool now fronts thee.
    Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    An hour of winter day might seem too short
    To make it worth life’s while to wake and sport.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)