One hour is equal to sixty minutes.
The etymological origin of the term hour is found in Latin. Specifically, it derives from hour which, in turn, emanates from the Greek word hora , which has the same meaning as it does for us. It is also interesting to know that in Greece the Horai were precisely the goddesses of the seasons of the year.
An hour is a time unit equivalent to 60 minutes or 3600 seconds . Each day is divided into 24 hours : therefore, two days add up to 48 hours, three days add up to 72 hours, etc.
For example: “There are two hours until the game starts and the stadium is already full” , “What time are we going to have lunch?” “I'm hungry,” “After a fourteen-hour flight, we arrived in South Africa.”
Various meanings of time
Although the hour is equivalent to a specific time (60 minutes), the term also has other connotations depending on the context. The time, in this framework, can be the appropriate or opportune moment to do something : “The window has been broken for several days, it's time to call someone to repair it,” “It's time for fun! Recess begins…” , “Please be silent: it's time to rest.”
The concept of time is also used to refer to the final moments of life : “Grandpa is not well, I think his time has come,” “Your time will come, although at the moment you do not have any serious health problems.” " , "When his time came, the condemned man limited himself to praying."
The last minute idea, on the other hand, is linked to what has just happened or become known or to what is done in a hurry before it is too late: “Breaking information indicates that the US government plans to bomb Syria before of the weekend” , “We are making last-minute arrangements before the party” .
When the notion is used in the plural , finally, it usually refers to an uncomfortable or unusual schedule : “Do you think these are times to leave the house?” , “And at this time you expect me to prepare food for you?” , “These are not hours to be listening to music at full volume.”
Time can refer to a specific time or to an imprecise moment.
The concept in cultural works
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of a long list of cultural works that have the word that concerns us now in their titles. This would be the case, for example, of the novel “The Hours” , published in 1999 by Michael Cunningham and which won the Pulitzer Prize .
It tells the story of several women, from different times and corners of the world, who are affected or influenced by a novel by the writer Virginia Woolf , specifically by the one titled “Mrs. Dalloway” ( 1923 ).
Those three women are Woolf herself; Mrs. Brown who is the wife of a World War II veteran and who is throwing him a birthday party, and Clarissa Vaughn . This is a 21st century lesbian who is preparing a celebration for her friend, who is dying of AIDS, for an award she has received.
“Time to wake up together” (2016) de Kirmen Uribe; “The hour of the spider” (1992) de James Patterson; “The moment of truth” (2013) de Glenn Cooper; y “The witching hour” (1990) de Anne Rice son otras de las novelas que llevan en su título el término que nos ocupa.