quarter-hour
American
[kwawr-ter-ouuhr, -ou-er]
/ ˈkwɔr tərˈaʊər, -ˈaʊ ər /
noun
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a period of 15 minutes.
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a point 15 minutes after or before the hour.
quarter-hour
British
noun
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a period of 15 minutes
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any of the points on the face of a timepiece that mark 15 minutes before or after the hour, and sometimes 30 minutes after
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Origin of quarter-hour
First recorded in 1880–85
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