Meaning ofhourin English

Noun

1. a time unit of sixty minutes; one day's fraction
2. a sixty-minute period; day's subdivision
3. a moment or season; a specific time
   The meeting will start at this hour.
4. a poetic term for time
   The poet wrote about the fleeting hour of youth.
5. a military time indicator; plural form
   The soldiers were ordered to be on high alert for several hours.
6. a labor period; employer-demanded time
   The worker is paid for every hour she spends on the job.
7. times for prayer or daily services
   The monastery held prayers at every canonical hour.
8. a distance traveled in sixty minutes
   The car's speed was calculated based on the distance it traveled per hour.