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 woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.”
    —Bible: New Testament John 16:21.

    “A walking shadow, a poor player,
    that struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
    And then is heard no more.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)