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engine hours

engine hours is the plural of engine hour.

Meaning of engine hour

Noun

engine hour (plural engine hours)

  1. An hour of operation of an engine.
    • Locomotive care is based on a system of preventive maintenance on an engine-hour basis. The majority of locomotives are not yet fitted with engine-hour recorders and examinations are, therefore, based on a computation of the locomotive-hours in traffic.1964 January, “The maintenance of B.R. diesel-electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 54

Questions about engine hours

What is engine hours the plural of?
Engine hours is the plural of engine hour.

Words near engine hours in the dictionary

  1. engine driver
  2. engine drivers
  3. engine generator
  4. engine generators
  5. engine hour
  6. engine hours
  7. engine house
  8. engine houses
  9. engine knock
  10. engine lathe
  11. engine lathes

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