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quarter-hour
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quar·ter-hour also quar·ter hour (kwôrtr-our)
n.
1. Fifteen minutes.
2. The point on a clock's face marking either 15 minutes after or 15 minutes before an hour.
quarter-hour
n
1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a period of 15 minutes
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) any of the points on the face of a timepiece that mark 15 minutes before or after the hour, and sometimes 30 minutes after
quarter-hourly  adv & adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quarter-hour - a quarter of an hourquarter-hour - a quarter of an hour                
15 minutes
time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods
60 minutes, hour, hr - a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour"
Translations
quarter-hour [ˈkwɔːtəˈaʊəʳ] N → cuarto m de hora
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