adjective
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relating to the hours
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hourly
Etymology
Origin of horary
1610–20; < Medieval Latin hōrārius, equivalent to hōr ( a ) hour + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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On days when the earth is shaken by violent shocks, the regularity of the horary variations of the barometer is not disturbed within the tropics.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
The common needles are so ill formed, or so unskilfully suspended, that they are affected by many causes besides magnetism; and, among other inconveniencies, have given occasion to the idle dream of a horary variation.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson
Some horary angles gave me the longitude 82 degrees 40 minutes 50 seconds for this port which is frequented by the smugglers of Jamaica and the corsairs of Providence Island.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt
I obtained horary angles of the sun in an island in the midst of the Boca del Infierno, where we had set up our instruments.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
The hour here is likewise deduced from the height of the sun converted into a horary angle by the instrument itself; but the method by which such conversion operates is a little different.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
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