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Hour

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Non-SI units
60 min
SI units
3600 s
Symbol
h, hr
Unit of
time

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Etymology

History

Counting hours

History of timekeeping in other cultures

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Hour

Nodes217
Edges216
Triples146
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009217
Components1

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Hour

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related to East Asia · 20
Hour → Ancient China, Chinese, During, Eastern Han, Han-era, History, Imperial China, Into, It, Japan, Sinosphere, Song, Sui, Tang-era Book, The, These, Three Kingdoms, Variations, Yellow Emperor, Yuan
related to Egypt · 17
Hour → Amenhotep III, Another, BC, By, Clagett, During, Dynasty, Dynasty IX, Each, Egyptian, Egyptians, Karnak, New Kingdom, Pyramid Texts, Sothic, The, These
related to Middle Ages · 14
Hour → Babylonian, Biruni, Catholic Church, During, Europe, In, Matins, Medieval, Orthodox, Roman, Sacrobosco, Sun's, They, Vatican II
related to Modernity · 14
Hour → Brumaire, During, Earth, Earth's, French, French Revolution, However, In, Mandatory, Moon, Napoleon's Coup, Sun's, The, Under
related to Counting from sunset · 13
Hour → Angelus, Czech, December, For, In, It, Italian, Italy, June, Lugano, Sunset, The, This
related to Further reading · 12
Hour → Astronomy, British Museum Press, Chicago Press, Christopher Walker, Clocks, Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum, History, ISBN, London, Modern Temporal Orders, Telescope, University
related to Etymology · 11
Hour → Anglo-Norman, English, Greek, It, Latin, Middle English, Old French, Proto-Indo-European, The, The Anglo-Norman, Whole
related to Southeast Asia · 10
Hour → Ayutthaya Kingdom, Cambodia, French, In Thailand, It, King Chulalongkorn, Laos, The, The Thai, This
see also · 6
Hour → Blue Hour, DannaDecimal, French Revolutionary, Greece, HoursMetric, RomeHorologyJulian
related to Counting from dawn · 5
Hour → Babylonian, Babylonians, Before, In, They

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Important terminology

hours day time sunset 12 night noon 24 sunrise first used clocks divided minutes also one system clock second unit

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HourNon-SI units60 min1.00infobox
HourSI units3600 s1.00infobox
HourSymbolh, hr1.00infobox
HourUnit oftime1.00infobox
al-Biruniinstance ofMiddle AgesMedieval astronomers0.80text
Sacroboscoinstance ofMiddle AgesMedieval astronomers0.80text
divided the hour into 60 minutesinstance ofMiddle AgesMedieval astronomers0.80text
each of 60 secondsinstance ofMiddle AgesMedieval astronomers0.80text
Hourrelated to Counting from dawnIn0.60section
Hourrelated to Counting from dawnBefore0.60section
Hourrelated to Counting from dawnBabylonian0.60section
Hourrelated to Counting from dawnThey0.60section

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