"light hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: light hours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} light hour (plural light hours)
  1. (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one hour Categories (topical): Astronomy, Light, Physics, Units of measure Translations (unit of distance): 光時 (Chinese Mandarin), 光时 (guāngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), světelná hodina [feminine] (Czech), heure-lumière [feminine] (French), Lichtstunde [feminine] (German), પ્રકાશકલાક (prakāśaklāk) (Gujarati), fényóra (Hungarian), ora luce [feminine] (Italian), 광시 (gwangsi) (Korean), jam cahaya (Malay), godzina świetlna [feminine] (Polish), hora-luz [feminine] (Portuguese), uora luci (Sicilian), svetelná hodina [feminine] (Slovak), ışık saati (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-light_hour-en-noun-mgwgantX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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