hour hand

noun

: the short hand that marks the hours on the face of a watch or clock

Examples of hour hand in a Sentence

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The minute and hour hands and the hands in the subdials are gold-plated. Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025 Eternal Time, set on a pedestal, was a version of Clock Piece that had a ticking second hand but no minute or hour hands. David Sheff, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025 Other highlights include an open-faced montre à tact (a watch that replicates the internal hour hand on the cover of the pocket watch via an arrow so that time could be read via touch) with a calendar and moonphase indications that was the inspiration for the Ref. 3330. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025 The two buttons on the left side of the case allow the local-time hour hand to be moved backward and forward in one-hour increments. Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hour hand

Word History

First Known Use

1669, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hour hand was in 1669

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“Hour hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour%20hand. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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hour hand

noun
: the short hand that marks the hours on the face of a watch or clock
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