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minute hand N

minute hand

(钟表的)分针 fēnzhēn

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This clock mimicked the movement of an analogue clock, as the minute hand moved every second. en.wikipedia.org

We used to tell time by the sun and the stars, and our first clocks had no minute hand. www.npr.org

The minute hand is mounted on a slipping friction sleeve which allows it to be turned on its arbor. en.wikipedia.org

The very small and light swing wheel, the balanced minute hand, and the small shortened arbors with extra fine pivots, all conduce to the end in view. en.wikipedia.org

It is neatly written in minute hand. en.wikipedia.org

Align the red pointer with the minute hand, and timing 60 minutes is as simple as reading off the scale graduated in intervals of five. www.gq-magazine.co.uk

Each minute hand is 6.1 m long and weighs 240 kg. en.wikipedia.org

The minute hand is re-examined this time every year with it sometimes remaining the same and even being moved in the opposite direction. entertainment.ie

The text is written one column per page, 2631 lines per page, in a very minute hand. en.wikipedia.org

But expectations will continue to rise -- a phone without email, for instance, will become like a watch without a minute hand in due course. www.telegraph.co.uk

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