"engine hour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: engine hours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} engine hour (plural engine hours)
  1. An hour of operation of an engine.
    Sense id: en-engine_hour-en-noun-IblU~V0c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1964 January, “The maintenance of B.R. diesel-electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 54",
          "text": "Locomotive care is based on a system of preventive maintenance on an engine-hour basis. The majority of locomotives are not yet fitted with engine-hour recorders and examinations are, therefore, based on a computation of the locomotive-hours in traffic.",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 November 29, “Last remaining DB Cargo Class 60s face final workings in December”, in RAIL, number 997, page 19",
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