Why an hour is 60 minutes?
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Why an hour is 60 minutes?
THE DIVISION of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC.
What do you mean by 3 hours?
: a service of devotion between noon and three o’clock on Good Friday.
How long is considered several minutes?
In case the time estimated for a task is maximum of Two Minutes you can say “Couple of Minutes”. However, if the estimated time to perform the same task is more than two or three minutes and you are not in state to tell the exact time you can use the term “Several Minutes”.
Does several mean 7?
By definition, several means three or more (but often less than many, which we will cover next.) So, if several party-goers out of a group of nine were intoxicated, several could correctly be translated as three or four. If five party-goers were intoxicated, that would usually be stated as most.
Does many mean most?
Let’s say that many means “a significantly large number,” whereas most denotes a group large enough to represent the default case — which will most often but not invariably be more than half (cf Mark’s examples of most = < 50%).
How many is a few hours?
There’s no exact number or else that number would be stated. However, if the number is approximate, then “a few” suggests 3–4 hours. 2 hours would be “a couple.” 4 -5 hours would probably be “several.” More than that could be “quite a few” or “many.”
How much is several hours?
So two or three hours means a few hours, and six, twelve or fifteen hours means several.
Is few or couple more?
12 Answers. A couple is usually two (a married couple), or sometimes ‘about two’ if you are being vague (a couple of dozen, a couple of inches). A few is more than a couple, but not as many as several.
How many hours is couple of hours?
I take it as 2 hours +/- 30 minutes. It’s a rough estimate. I’d usually expect at least 2 hours, probably less than 8, depending on context.
Where do we use several?
Several is used to refer to an imprecise number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two. I had lived two doors away from this family for several years. Several blue plastic boxes under the window were filled with record albums. Several hundred students gathered on campus.
