quarter-hourly
quarter-hourly adjective: occurring every fifteen minutes.
Adjective
quarter-hourly (not comparable)
- Occurring every fifteen minutes.
- With the utmost precaution we crept upon the summit, and down the breast-work towards the onter edge of the rampart, when the sentinel made his quarter-hourly cry of “Sentinelle, prenez garde à vous,” similar to our “All's well"1827, Edward Boys, “Narrative of a Captivity and Adventures in France and Flanders, between the Years 1803 and 1809”, in William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, John Morley, editors, The Literary...
- For example, currently, smart meters can be configured to generate hourly, half-hourly, or quarter-hourly readings2011, Bhuvan Unhelkar, Green IT Strategies and Applications: Using Environmental Intelligence
Adverb
quarter-hourly (not comparable)
- Every fifteen minutes.
- We can furnish Bells, Tubes or Tongs, which can be attached to any Clock, arranged to strike quarter hourly the Westminster or Whittington Chimes1906, Boyd's Blue Book: A Directory from Selected Streets of Philadelphia and Surroundings
- Only upon this quiet there broke quarter-hourly the chimes of the Church of the Sorbonne, completing, at the hour, a bar of music.1910, Harper's Magazine, volume 120, page 73
Questions about quarter-hourly
- What does quarter-hourly mean?
- Quarter-hourly means occurring every fifteen minutes.
- What part of speech is quarter-hourly?
- Quarter-hourly can be an adjective or an adverb.
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