quarter hour

Definition of quarter hour

1 : fifteen minutes

2 : any of the quarter points of an hour

3 : a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic quarter

Examples of quarter hour in a Sentence

Trains depart every quarter hour. I waited a quarter hour in line.

Recent Examples on the Web The two spent two and a quarter hours outside the spacecraft collecting moon matter while third team member, command module pilot Michael Collins, flew the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, "Apollo 11 anniversary celebrations and events in Cincinnati, worth a drive," 16 July 2019 The period of totality — when the moon is in the darkest part of Earth's shadow — will last a bit more than one and a quarter hours, according to EarthSky.org. — David Freeman /, NBC News, "A 'super blue blood moon' is coming. Here's how to see it," 24 Jan. 2018 Clocks were rapidly developing in the Middle Ages and division into a rough quarter hour was imaginable. — Merrill Fabry, Time, "Why Is Tennis Scored So Weirdly?," 11 Jan. 2018 And viewership peaked with nearly 7 million viewers in the 6:30-6:45 quarter hour. — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Talladega wrecks competitive vibe of playoffs with random chaos," 17 Oct. 2017

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The first known use of quarter hour was circa 1597

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