HR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hr mean? 

• HR (noun)
  The noun HR has 1 sense:

1. a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

  Familiarity information: HR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

60 minutes; hour; hr

Context example:

the job will take more than an hour

Hypernyms ("hr" is a kind of...):

time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)

Meronyms (parts of "hr"):

30 minutes; half-hour (a half of an hour)

15 minutes; quarter-hour (a quarter of an hour)

min; minute (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour)

quarter (a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hr"):

sidereal hour (1/24 of a sidereal day)

man hour; person hour (a time unit used in industry for measuring work)

Holonyms ("hr" is a part of...):

24-hour interval; day; mean solar day; solar day; twenty-four hour period; twenty-four hours (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis)

 Context examples 

A terminology subset for NCPDP that describes a dosage form strength (e.g., 250 mg, 250 MG/5ML) a delivery rate (e.g., 12 mcg/hr), a dosage form concentration (e.g., 0.05 %, 1 %), the dosage released from a single delivery device actuation (e.g., 90 mcg [implied as per inhalation], 5 grams), the days supply or quantity in a package (e.g., 28 day, 60 grams).

(NCPDP Strength Unit of Measure Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology subset for NCPDP that contains concepts that qualify the strength and strength unit of measure associated with the prescribed product (e.g., Amoxicillin 250 mg Tablet, Albuterol HFA 17 gram Inhaler, Albuterol HFA 90 mcg [implied per actuation] Inhaler, Cefaclor 250 MG/5ML Suspension, Fentanyl 12 mcg/hr Patch , Epinephrine 0.3 mg [implied per dose] Auto-Injector, Timolol 0.25% Ophthalmic Drops, Sprintec 28 Day Pack, Hydrocortisone 1% Ointment).

(NCPDP Strength Form Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)