"24-hour clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: 24-hour clocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=24-hour clock}} 24-hour clock (plural 24-hour clocks)
  1. A timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are each treated as a single period, rather than two sets of 12 hours. Wikipedia link: 24-hour clock Synonyms: military time [US]
    Sense id: en-24-hour_clock-en-noun-rSgHe6Zx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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