Hour

Definition of Hour

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?

Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.

Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come.

- John ii. 4.

This is your hour, and the power of darkness.

- Luke xxii. 53.

(R. C. Ch.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.

- J. P. Peters.

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
a -	(Astron.) 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 15°, 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.

Sidereal hour
the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day. - Locke.

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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