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The long hand is called the minute hand, the shorter fat one is called the hour hand.
Based on historical design the BIG hand is the hour hand because an hour is bigger than a minute. Function first, then form. Traditionally clocks had fatter hands for hour and thinner hands for minute, thus BIG is hour and LITTLE is minute. Yes the minute hand is usually longer than the hour hand but on most clocks the hour hand is larger not just shorter. Don't confuse long, big, little, and short.
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Is the Big Hand the Hour Hand?
On a clock, the longer hand is the minute hand and the shorter hand is the hour hand. Also, the especially thin one that moves the fastest is the second hand.
What is a ship shaped clock called?
A ship-shaped clock is called a "nef"
Opposite direction to the movement of the hand of a clock?
anticlockwise
Which part of a clock is always old?
second hand
What is on a clock face?
Generally, the numbers 1 through 12, a minute hand, a second hand, and an hour hand.
What is the big hand when its 545?
When it is 5:45 on a digital clock, the big hand of an analog clock would be on the number 9.
What does the big hand and small hand on the clock mean?
The Clock has both a big hand and a small hand. The big hand is the longer one and it shows you how many minutes. The small hand is the shorter one and it shows you what hour of the day it is.
What is 5 o clock big hand?
The 5 o'clock big hand on a clock would point directly at the number 12.
What time is it on a clock when the big hand is facing the 11 and the little hand faces the 4?
On a clock when the big hand is facing the 11 and the little hand faces the 4, the time is 3:55.
What is the second hand on a clock called?
Sometimes, it is called a sweep hand, but the hands on a clock usually are called hour, minute, and second.
The minute hand of a large clock is 6ft long how far does the point of the hand move in one hour?
It depends on how big the clock is. If it is a big clock, then the hand moves faster than one that is in a small clock because the markings would be further apart.
What time is it on a clock when the big hand is facing the 12 and the little hand faces the 5?
5 o' clock
What time is it on a clock when the big hand is facing the 6 and the little hand faces the 5?
On a clock when the big hand is facing the 6 and the little faces the 5, it would be 5:30.
Which hands are big hands and little hands?
The little hand is the hour hand on a clock, while the big hand is the minutes.
What is the short hand called on a clock?
The short hour hand.
Is it true that the th big hand on BIG BEN rotates through more degrees than the big hand on a normal clock?
No! There are 360 degrees in every circle, not more because the clock is bigger.
How many times does the big hand and the little hand go round the clock?
In one day, big hand - 24 little hand - 12
