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hr.

hour; hours.
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Herr   (hěr)   
n.   pl. Her·ren (hěr'ən) Abbr. Hr.
Used as a courtesy title in a German-speaking area, prefixed to the surname or professional title of a man.

[German, from Middle High German hērre, from Old High German hērro, lord, master, alteration of hēriro, older, more venerable, comparative of hēr, proud, holy, splendid, noble.]
hour   (our)   
n.   Abbr. hr.
  1. One of the 24 equal parts of a day.

    1. One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to midnight.

    2. The time of day indicated by a 12-hour clock.

    3. hours The time of day determined on a 24-hour basis: 1730 hours is 5:30 P.M.

    4. A customary or fixed time: the dinner hour.

    5. hours A set period of time for a specified activity: banking hours.

    6. A particular time: their hour of need.

    7. A significant time: Her hour had come.

    8. The present time: the man of the hour.

    9. The work that can be accomplished in an hour.

    10. The distance that can be traveled in an hour.

    11. A single session of a school day or class.

    12. A credit hour.

  2. A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15° or 1/24 of a great circle.

    1. A customary or fixed time: the dinner hour.

    2. hours A set period of time for a specified activity: banking hours.

    3. A particular time: their hour of need.

    4. A significant time: Her hour had come.

    5. The present time: the man of the hour.

    6. The work that can be accomplished in an hour.

    7. The distance that can be traveled in an hour.

    8. A single session of a school day or class.

    9. A credit hour.

    1. A particular time: their hour of need.

    2. A significant time: Her hour had come.

    3. The present time: the man of the hour.

    4. The work that can be accomplished in an hour.

    5. The distance that can be traveled in an hour.

    6. A single session of a school day or class.

    7. A credit hour.

    1. The work that can be accomplished in an hour.

    2. The distance that can be traveled in an hour.

    3. A single session of a school day or class.

    4. A credit hour.

    1. A single session of a school day or class.

    2. A credit hour.

  3. hours Ecclesiastical The canonical hours.


[Middle English, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Greek hōrā, season, time; see yēr- in Indo-European roots.]
hr.  
abbr.  hour
Hr.  
abbr.  Herr
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