›› Measurement unit: hour

Full name: hour

Plural form: hours

Symbol: hr

Alternate spelling: hrs

Category type: time

Scale factor: 3600


›› SI unit: second

The SI base unit for time is the second.
1 second is equal to 0.000277777777778 hour.


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›› Definition: Hour

The hour was originally defined in Egypt as 1/24 of a day, based on their duo-decimal numbering system (which counted finger joints on each hand).


›› Sample conversions: hour

hour to week
hour to microsecond
hour to century
hour to millennium
hour to minute
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hour to day
hour to fortnight
hour to millisecond


›› Common misspellings of hour

jour

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