o'clock

suomi-englanti sanakirja

o'clock englanniksi

  1. (ng), (w), (w) & (w) (w) code word used with numerals up to (l) to indicate direction

  2. In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral.

  3. (ux)

  4. (quote-book)|title=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1661/1661-h/1661-h.htm|publisher=The Gutenberg Project|passage=I say, Watson, what o'clock is it?

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  7. In conjunction with a term representing an action or event that occurs daily, indicates the time that said action or event occurs, first occurs.

  8. {{quote-book|en|year=1880|author=Henrietta A. Duff|title=Honor Carmichael|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=ivMBAAAAQAAJ&q=%22dinner+o%27clock%22&dq=%22dinner+o%27clock%22&hl=en&ei=R_cqTsPtNorsrQfb74WyDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg|page=251

  9. {{quote-book|en|year=1904|author=George Augustus Sala; Edmund Hodgson Yates|title=Bar (magazine)|Temple Bar|volume=129|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=OU83AAAAMAAJ&q=%22supper+o%27clock%22&dq=%22supper+o%27clock%22&hl=en&ei=hvEqTu3eOcHsrAf4w_mxDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA|page=144

  10. {{quote-book|en|year=1998|author=Carolyn Greene|title=Heavenly Husband|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=ovdrZZmRa_wC&q=%22lunch%7Cluncheon+o%27clock%22&dq=%22lunch%7Cluncheon+o%27clock%22&hl=en&ei=0PUqTuaZIc3JrAfZ3bSyDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ|page=129

  11. Used to indicate that it is time to do a specific action, or time for a specific action to occur.

  12. (usex)

  13. In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the direction, relative to the speaker or a vehicle, especially an aircraft, corresponding to the direction the hour hand is pointing at the time corresponding to the numeral, with twelve representing directly ahead on a horizontal plane, or directly up on a vertical plane, and three being to the right on either.

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  15. {{quote-journal|en|date=November 29 1943|title=Target: Germany|journal=(magazine)|Life|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=DVcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&dq=%22flak%22+-intitle:flak&hl=en&ei=4jkpTujsJYjMmAWg8p2ZDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwATgUv=onepage&q=%22flak%22%20-intitle%3Aflak&f=false|page=80