Found 2 hits - Term: after hours, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hour \hour\, n. oe. hour, our, hore, ure, of. hore, ore, ure,
f. heure, l. hora, fr. gr. ?, orig., a definite space of
time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the
day, an hour. see year, and cf. horologe, horoscope.
1. the twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
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2. the time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes,
and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? at
what hour shall we meet?
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3. fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or
occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the
hour.
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woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. --john ii.
4.
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this is your hour, and the power of darkness. --luke
xxii. 53.
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4. pl. r. c. ch. certain prayers to be repeated at stated
times of the day, as matins and vespers.
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5. a measure of distance traveled.
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vilvoorden, three hours from brussels. --j. p.
peters.
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after hours, after the time appointed for one's regular
labor.
canonical hours. see under canonical.
hour angle astron., the angle between the hour circle
passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.
hour circle. astron.
a any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles
of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an
artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the
equator into spaces of 15deg, or one hour, each.
b a circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel
to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in
hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension.
c a small brass circle attached to the north pole of an
artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts
or hours. it is used to mark differences of time in
working problems on the globe.
hour hand, the hand or index which shows the hour on a
timepiece.
hour line.
a astron. a line indicating the hour.
b dialing a line on which the shadow falls at a given
hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the
face of the dial.
hour plate, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are
marked; the dial. --locke.
sidereal hour, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day.
solar hour, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day.
the small hours, the early hours of the morning, as one
o'clock, two o'clock, etc.
to keep good hours, to be regular in going to bed early.
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see also:
year horologe horoscope after hours canonical hours canonical
hour angle hour circle hour hand hour line hour plate
sidereal hour solar hour the small hours to keep good hours
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
after hours
adv : not during regular hours; "he oftern worked after hours"
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