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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 [create a website] 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.

     [Mordecai turns on the computer, and an hourglass appears on the screen while the computer is booting.]

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.