seasonal hour

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)

Noun

seasonal hour (plural seasonal hours)

1. Synonym of temporal hour
   • 2019, Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East, BRILL, →ISBN, page 97:

     A second seasonally-varying time unit was the “seasonal hour,” equal to one-quarter of a watch or one-twelfth of the length of a day (daytime seasonal hour) or one-twelfth of the length of a night (nighttime seasonal hour).

   • 1990, George Noonan, Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, American Federation of Astr, →ISBN, page 112:

     Or each seasonal hour of nighttime equals 45m 20s tropical hours. From this it is evident that one seasonal hour of daytime plus one seasonal hour of nighttime is equal to two tropical hours.