Definition of Hour hand

1. Noun. The shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours.

Exact synonyms: Little Hand
Generic synonyms: Hand

Definition of Hour hand

1. Noun. The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hour Hand

houndsteeth
houndstooth
houndstooth check
houngan
houngans
houp
houpelande
houpelandes
houppelande
houppelandes
hour
hour angle
hour change
hour changes
hour circle
hour hand
hour hands

Literary usage of Hour hand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"This hand was called the hour-hand ; but, as it could not mark the minutes, the center wheel, D, was so made that it would turn once in an hour, and thus, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Generally, but not always, the hour hand is held, on its axis only by friction so that it can be turned around at pleasure without interfering with the ..."

3. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Education Association, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1864)
"While the hour hand moves over any space upon the clock's face, ... At the first time required, the hour hand having moved a certain space from the XII, ..."

4. A System of Natural Philosophy: In which are Explained the Principles of by John Lee Comstock (1854)
"Then, as the hour hand goes around the dial plate once in 12 hours, so the Sun apparently goes around the zo.diac once in twelve months; and 88 the minute ..."

5. A System of Natural Philosophy: In which the Principles of Mechanics by John Lee Comstock (1841)
"During an hour, the hour hand describes the twelfth part of the circle, but the minute hand has not only to go round the whole circle in an hour, ..."

6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"To make the illustration exact, or rather more exact, the hour hand alone must ... Say the minute hand and hour hand are respectively about 10 inches and 6^ ..."

7. University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and General Rules by Charles Davies (1867)
"Since the minute-hand passes over 60 minute spaces while the hour-hand passes over 5, the minute-hand passes over 12 minute spaces while the hour-hand ..."

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