Definition

1. Noun:
   • A quarter of an hour: A period of time equal to fifteen minutes, or one-fourth of a standard hour.

Usage

• The term "15 minutes" is used to specify a duration of time. It is a precise, numerical expression.
• It is commonly used in scheduling, time management, and everyday conversation to indicate a short but measurable period.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The meeting will start in 15 minutes.
  • Please set the timer for 15 minutes.
  • The recipe says to bake the cookies for 15 minutes.

Advanced Usage

• "15 minutes of fame": An idiom referring to a brief period of celebrity or public attention, popularized by artist Andy Warhol.
  • The viral video gave him his 15 minutes of fame.

Variants and Related Words

• Quarter-hour (noun): A period of 15 minutes.
  • The bus arrives every quarter-hour.
• Fifteen-minute (adjective): Lasting for or relating to a period of 15 minutes.
  • We took a fifteen-minute break.

Synonyms

• A quarter of an hour: The formal equivalent.
• 900 seconds: The equivalent duration in seconds (used in technical contexts).

Related Phrases

• In a quarter of an hour: An alternative way to express the same duration.
  • I'll be ready in a quarter of an hour.

Noun

1. a quarter of an hour