QUARTER HOUR


Meaning of QUARTER HOUR in English

Function: noun

Date: 1766

1 : fifteen minutes

2 : any of the quarter points of an hour

3 : a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic quarter

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.