May 17, 2013 · From the time 01:00:00 to the time 02:34:56 is a duration of 1 hour, 34 minutes and 56 seconds (1h 34′ 56″) Prime markers start single and are multiplied for susbsequent appearances, so minutes use a single prime ′ and seconds use a double-prime ″. They are pronounced minutes and seconds respectively in the case of durations like this.

Sep 3, 2013 · Standard units of measure have standard abbreviations. The hour and minute are not standard units (the standard unit is the second, symbol s), and consequently their abbreviations are not entirely standardised. Note that where hour is used as a unit, for example in kilowatt-hour, it does have a standard symbol, h. The symbol for kilowatt-hour ...

Saying that this is the abbreviation rather than the unit symbol is splitting hairs. Also, Collins COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary states: << H or h is an abbreviation for words beginning with h, such as 'hour', 'height', 'hospital', and 'hard'. >> h is certainly the SI symbol for hours, but is also a more general abbreviation for hours.

Jul 26, 2016 · English notation for hour, minutes and seconds. 3. Word for "A symbol that means a word/phrase" 22.

You should use a space between the number and the unit (), except in the case of the prime and double prime.. (The NIST page doesn’t address those in the context of inches and feet, since scientific writing does not use inches or feet, but they do say not to use a space before the prime and double prime in the context of minutes and seconds of angl

Sep 4, 2014 · Normally these rules apply to abbreviated words just as they do to whole words. So if you were running other heads, subheads, or table column heads in title case, you would use "Amount per Hour" (per being a three-letter preposition) spelled out or "Amt/Hr" abbreviated. On the other hand, if you were running other heads, subheads, or table ...

Sep 9, 2010 · When the symbol includes a non-letter character as well as letter, leave no space: 32°C not 32° C or 32 °C However, the International System of Units, or SI, requires a space to be used to separate the unit symbol from the numerical value, and this also applies to the symbol for the degree Celsius, as 32 °C.

The typographic symbol - : Its usage in denoting time is not universal, however. Many countries use a period (full stop) in its place. (14.23 for 2:23 PM). To my knowledge there is not a special term to designate a colon separating hours:minutes.

Oct 15, 2015 · Hello, Jim. I'm happier with 'Just a minute's walk away is ....' than 'Just a minute walk away is ....' And there are plenty of examples to be found on the internet (admittedly not only for the Saxon genitive form I prefer here, but also for the singular-form (minute) attributive usage).

Dec 22, 2020 · It is from the Latin expression “secunda pars minuta.” Second: one-sixtieth of a minute of degree," also "sixtieth part of a minute of time," late 14c. in geometry, from Old French seconde, from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta "second diminished part," the result of the second division of the hour by sixty (the first being the "prime minute," now …