24-hour clock

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Meanings

noun

A timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are treated as a single period rather than two sets of 12 hours, with the result that midnight is indicated as 00:00 (or sometimes 24:00), and the hours from 1:00 to 11:00 p.m. as 13:00 to 23:00.

/ˌtwɛntiˈfɔːɹˌaʊə ˈklɒk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-24-hour clock.wav /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔɹˌaʊəɹ ˈklɔk/ [-ɾi-] /-ˈklɑk/

24-hour clock 24-hour clocks twenty-four hour clock twenty-four-hour clock

From 24 + hour + clock.

continental time military time

24/7 twenty-four seven 24-hour day twenty-four hour day 24-hour flu twenty-four hours a day

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