hour hands

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of hour hand.
  hour hand

  noun

  the hand that indicates the hours on a clock or watch.

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hour hands

The minute and hour hands are touted as reversible, “to suit your personal style.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2019

As this public inquest rolled into its second hour, hands were still popping up: passionate activists with questions, observations and irritations about an election that went badly wrong.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2017

The current in turn powers a tiny integrated circuit, which emits pulses that regulate either standard minute and hour hands or a digital display.

From Time Magazine Archive

That solemn judgment echoes through the works of several modern historical theorists, who point like hour hands to the parallel decline of the modern West.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two pointers act together just like the minute and hour hands on a clock.

From Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls by Anonymous

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