Semihourly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Semihourly is an adjective meaning (properly) Half-hourly: occurring every thirty minutes.
Meaning
(properly) Half-hourly: occurring every thirty minutes.
More Meanings
- (inexact) Roughly (but not exactly) hourly: occurring around every sixty minutes.
- (properly) Half-hourly: at intervals of 30 minutes.
- (inexact) Roughly (but not exactly) hourly: at intervals of around 60 minutes.
Example Sentences
The warship rang its semihourly bell, announcing it was now half past 10 o'clock.
Samples were collected semihourly (on the hour and half hour) throughout the study.
Word Forms
- semi-hourly
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semi-hourly, bihourly, horary, halftime, hourlong, hour-long.
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