Hour Hand Definition

noun
The short hand of an analog clock or watch, which indicates the hours and moves around the dial once every twelve hours.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • little hand

Other Word Forms of Hour Hand

Noun

Singular:
hour hand
Plural:
hour-hands

Hour Hand Sentence Examples

  • Other features include a four-tier crystal and a zig-zagged hour hand.

  • In the north Temperate Zone only, the hour hand is pointed toward the sun.

  • They learned that spiral springs could be wound and uncoiled to move the hour hand of the clock.

  • In the north temperate zone only, the hour hand is pointed toward the sun.

  • It's said that Jefferson felt the hour hand was all those working on his plantation needed in order to tell time.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOU

Words Ending With

DNDAND

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hour hand

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