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What (who) is minute hand - definition
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![15th-century rotating dial clock face, [[St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk]], Poland](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gdańsk Bazylika Mariacka (zegar astronomiczny).jpg?width=200 "15th-century rotating dial clock face, [[St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk]], Poland")
![A ship's radio room wall clock during the age of [[wireless telegraphy]] showing '10:09' and 36 seconds'. The green and red shaded areas denote 3 minute periods during which radio silence was maintained to facilitate listening for distress calls at 2182 kHz and 500 kHz respectively.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Radioroom.png?width=200 "A ship's radio room wall clock during the age of [[wireless telegraphy]] showing '10:09' and 36 seconds'. The green and red shaded areas denote 3 minute periods during which radio silence was maintained to facilitate listening for distress calls at 2182 kHz and 500 kHz respectively.")
![Statue outside the [[Pacific National Exhibition]] in Vancouver immortalizing the moment in "The Miracle Mile" when Bannister (left) passed Landy](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bannister and Landy.jpg?width=200 "Statue outside the [[Pacific National Exhibition]] in Vancouver immortalizing the moment in \"The Miracle Mile\" when Bannister (left) passed Landy")
![world record]] holder [[Hicham El Guerrouj]] (left) at the start of a race](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlos ga...jpg?width=200 "world record]] holder [[Hicham El Guerrouj]] (left) at the start of a race")
![Iffley Road Track]] where Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Grandstand at the Sir Roger Bannister running track.jpg?width=200 "Iffley Road Track]] where Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier")
Wikipedia
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A clock face is the part of an analog clock (or watch) that displays time through the use of a flat dial with reference marks, and revolving pointers turning on concentric shafts at the center, called hands. In its most basic, globally recognized form, the periphery of the dial is numbered 1 through 12 indicating the hours in a 12-hour cycle, and a short hour hand makes two revolutions in a day. A long minute hand makes one revolution every hour. The face may also include a second hand, which makes one revolution per minute. The term is less commonly used for the time display on digital clocks and watches.
A second type of clock face is the 24-hour analog dial, widely used in military and other organizations that use 24-hour time. This is similar to the 12-hour dial above, except it has hours numbered 1–24 around the outside, and the hour hand makes only one revolution per day. Some special-purpose clocks, such as timers and sporting event clocks, are designed for measuring periods less than one hour. Clocks can indicate the hour with Roman numerals or Hindu–Arabic numerals, or with non-numeric indicator marks. The two numbering systems have also been used in combination, with the prior indicating the hour and the latter the minute. Longcase clocks (grandfather clocks) typically use Roman numerals for the hours. Clocks using only Arabic numerals first began to appear in the mid-18th century.
The clock face is so familiar that the numbers are often omitted and replaced with unlabeled graduations (marks), particularly in the case of watches. Occasionally, markings of any sort are dispensed with, and the time is read by the angles of the hands.
