multihour en · ADJ
Etymology
From multi- + hour.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of two or more hours in duration.
In the case of a dramatic runway incursion last year at New York’s John. F. Kennedy International Airport, the pilots took off for the multihour trip to London after nearly hitting another loaded passenger jet.
2024 January 8, Gregory Wallace, “Cockpit voice recorders only record 2 hours at a time. The NTSB chair wants it to be 25 hours”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:It’s just that when I’ve been stripped of my possessions, my dignity and any semblance of personal space and then strapped in for a multihour spell in the world’s most cramped and crappy bar car, the little niceties go a long way toward keeping me – keeping everyone – sane.
2012 June 13, Kat Kinsman, “That’s how the cookie (and a passenger’s calm) crumbles”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| multi-hour | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
minuteslong · hourslong · centurieslong · yearslong · multimonth · multiday · millenniumlong · dayslong · monthlong · ageslong · multiweek · decadelong · yearlong · agelong · multiyear · centurylong · daylong · secondlong · weekslong · hourlong · minutelong · millennialong · weeklong · monthslong · secondslong · multidecade · decadeslong
Synonyms
Translations (3)
pl wielogodzinny (of two or more hours in duration) · pl kilkugodzinny (of two or more hours in duration) · rsk вецейгодзинови (of two or more hours in duration)