semester hour
credit hour | a unit of academic credit, one hour a week for an academic semester |
| operating procedure | a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation |
standing operating procedure
standard operating procedure
SOP
standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
hour hand
little hand | the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours |
| operating microscope | binocular microscope used in surgery to provide a clear view of small and inaccessible parts of the body (as in microsurgery) |
operating room
OR
operating theater
operating theatre
surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
| operating table | table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation |
hour
minute | distance measured by the time taken to cover it, we live an hour from the airport, its justminutes away |
operating capability
performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
instruction manual
instructions
book of instructions
operating instructions | a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it |
operating system
OS | (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services |
DOS
disk operating system | an operating system that is on a disk |
MS-DOS
Microsoft disk operating system | an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers |
UNIX
UNIX system
UNIX operating system | trademark for a powerful operating system |
| hour angle | the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body |
| hour circle | a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles |
chief executive officer
CEO
chief operating officer | the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm, reports to a board of directors, may appoint other managers (including a president) |
surgeon
operating surgeon
sawbones | a physician who specializes in surgery |
flower-of-an-hour
flowers-of-an-hour
bladder ketmia
black-eyed Susan Hibiscus trionum | annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers, Old World tropics, naturalized as a weed in North America |
operating expense
operating cost
overhead
budget items | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance), it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes |
| operating capital | capital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements |
income statement
earnings report
operating statement
profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |
| operating budget | a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements |
| ampere-hour | a unit of charge equal to coulombs |
| light hour | the distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour, approximately one billion kilometers |
| watt-hour | a unit of energy equal to the power of one watt operating for one hour |
kilowatt hour
kW-hr
Board of Trade unit
B.T.U. | a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of watts operating for one hour |
| horsepower-hour | a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour |
hour angle
HA | (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing, the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day |
| hours | an indefinite period of time, they talked for hours |
| hours | a period of time assigned for work, they work long hours |
day
twenty-four hours
twenty-four hour period
-hour interval
solar day
mean solar day | time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis, two days later they left, they put on two performances every day, there are , passengers per day |
| late-night hour | the latter part of night |
| small hours | the hours just after midnight |
| early-morning hour | an hour early in the morning |
| sidereal hour |
of a sidereal day |
hour
hr
minutes a | a period of time equal to
th of a day, the job will take more than an hour |
half-hour
minutes | a half of an hour |
quarter-hour
minutes | a quarter of an hour |
| hour time of day | clock time, the hour is getting late |
| hour | a special and memorable period, it was their finest hour |
| happy hour | the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price |
| rush hour | the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work |
| zero hour | the time set for the start of an action or operation |
| canonical hour | (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer |
man hour
person hour | a time unit used in industry for measuring work |
eleventh hour
last minute | the latest possible moment, money became available at the eleventh hour, at the last minute the government changed the rules |
kilometers per hour
kilometres per hour
kph
km
h | the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours) |
| miles per hour mph | the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours) |
miles per hour
mph | a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel |