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hour change

hour change noun: the changing of clocks one hour forward or backward, in line with daylight saving time.

Noun

hour change (plural hour changes)

  1. The changing of clocks one hour forward or backward, in line with daylight saving time.
    • Speaking of the convenience of the community, is the hour change better than the two hours, or not?1908, Parliamentary papers, Great Britain: House of Commons
    • […] but the profession as such had no grounds for opposing Daylight Saving in general or the hour change in particular […]1949, Frank Hope-Jones, Electrical timekeeping

Forms of hour change

pluralhour changes

Questions about hour change

What does hour change mean?
Hour change means the changing of clocks one hour forward or backward, in line with daylight saving time.
What part of speech is hour change?
Hour change is a noun.
What is the plural of hour change?
The plural of hour change is hour changes.

Words near hour change in the dictionary

  1. Houpt
  2. Houpts
  3. houpulin
  4. houpulins
  5. hour
  6. hour change
  7. hour changes
  8. hour circle
  9. hour circles
  10. hour glass
  11. hour glasses

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