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Hour line

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(Astron.) A line indicating the hour.
(Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial.

See also: Hour Hour



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The government said assessments of the costs and environmental issues involved in constructing the 200 miles per hour line needed to be carried out before it could approve any plans.
Using horizontal or vertical shadow casters and the hollow of the bowl marked with hour lines were some of the important features of the various designs of sundials developed by Romans and Greeks.
Located in the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo, the store's opening was marked by a continuous two-and-a-half hour line that formed six hours before the ribbon cutting ceremony and ran until closing.
 
 
 
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