Hour

(hour.) [L. hora.) The twenty-fourth part of a mean solar day. Angularly measured, an hour is equal to 15 deg. of space, and is subdivided into 60 minutes, each minute being divided into 60 seconds. Astronomers count 24 hours from mid-day to mid-day. Italians from sunset to sunset.- Canonical H. (Eccl.) See CANONICAL. -The Hours. (Myth.) See HORE. [s. 464]