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- Dictionaryhour·glass/ˈou(ə)rˌɡlas/
noun
- 1. an invertible device with two connected glass bulbs containing sand that takes an hour to pass from the upper to the lower bulb.
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An hourglass (or sandglass, sand timer, or sand clock) is a device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically by a narrow neck that allows a regulated flow of a substance (historically sand) from the upper bulb to the lower one due to gravity. Typically, the upper and lower bulbs are symmetric so that the hourglass will measure the same duration regardle... Wikipedia