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HOURGLASS

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An hourglass.

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  1. Indicates the passage of time.
    • 2005, "Pateta Faz História Como Arquimedes", Almanaque Disney #372 (Disney comic), Editora Abril, Brazil, page 18
      [An hourglass appears besides this text, illustrating the passage of time. Archi (Goofy) is shown as a child, and then years later as an adult.]
      "Anos depois, Árqui enfim completou sua formação!"
      "Years later, Archi completed his education at last!"
  2. (graphical user interface) Indicates that the current application is busy performing an operation.
    • 2011, "Slam Dunk", season 3, episode 7 of Regular Show
      Rigby: You can't even right now, anyway. Muscle Man has the computer for the whole day.
      Mordecai: He's not even here. He's playing basketball. You snooze, you lose. I'm sure this will only take a second anyways.
  3. (only ) (computing, dated) ISO 2047 symbol for Cancel
  4. (alchemy, archaic) an hour. Dedicated Unicode character ⟨🝮⟩. May occur with or without a cross-bar at the waist. Lobes may be triangular or cordiform, or the design may be a more elaborate pictogram.