because a minute is faster than an hour.
The long hand
It is the long hand.
the second hand
The minute hand is the largest hand on most analogue clocks. At 3 o'clock on a 12-hour clock, the minute hand is pointing straight up to the 12. It measures time to the nearest minute by advancing one of the small minute hash marks every 60 seconds. Every time the second hand makes one full sweep of the clock face, the minute hand advances one of the minute marks. The second hand is the fastest moving hand on a standard analogue clock, making one full sweep every 60 seconds.
The least count of a clock with an hour hand and a minute hand is typically one minute. This is because the minute hand moves in increments of one minute, allowing for the most precise measurement of time that can be observed directly on the clock face. While the hour hand indicates hours, its movement is less precise for measuring time intervals compared to the minute hand. Thus, the least count is determined by the finer divisions, which are represented by the minute hand.
so you can tell them apart
Yes, the Big Hand on a clock is typically the Hour Hand. It indicates the current hour on the clock face, while the Little Hand, or Minute Hand, indicates the minutes.
The long hand
It is the long hand.
the second hand
The time period of a nimute hand on the clock is one minute since it takes a minute for it to complete one oscillation, ie., one complete cycle of the clock.
The minute hand of a clock turns about 360 degrees each hour.
The minute hand is the largest hand on most analogue clocks. At 3 o'clock on a 12-hour clock, the minute hand is pointing straight up to the 12. It measures time to the nearest minute by advancing one of the small minute hash marks every 60 seconds. Every time the second hand makes one full sweep of the clock face, the minute hand advances one of the minute marks. The second hand is the fastest moving hand on a standard analogue clock, making one full sweep every 60 seconds.
Hour hand and minute hand.
Whoever invented the clock.
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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