Every 60 seconds on the hour

[JPablo]

If something happens every 60 seconds on the hour, what does that mean exactly?
Does it mean that it's happening every minute during that hour?

[chileno]

Originally Posted by JPablo

If something happens every 60 seconds on the hour, what does that mean exactly?
Does it mean that it's happening every minute during that hour?

Never heard it like that. Maybe "every 60 minutes, on the hour"

"on the hour" = en punto.

[JPablo]

Per the context I have, seems to mean that someone logs into an internet domain every 60 seconds constantly throughout the hour. That is, every minute there is a new person logging in... Would that make sense? (Do the English native speakers understand something else?) (Or am I wrong altogether?) (It wouldn't be the first time, nor the last one... Beginning to know one doesn't know is not a lesson on humbleness... but one of wisdom... if you allow me to quote some authoritative source...)

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by JPablo

If something happens every 60 seconds on the hour, what does that mean exactly?
Does it mean that it's happening every minute during that hour?

on the hour means exactly when that hour starts. So that something starts happening at exactly 10.00 and continues for 60 seconds until 10.01. This repeats itself 59 minutes later.

Edit: Often used for bus and train times: Buses for destination X leave every twenty minutes starting on the hour, i.e. 10.00; 10.20; 10.40; 11.00 ......

or: Buses for destination X leave every twenty minutes starting five minutes past the hour, i.e. 10.05; 10.25; 10.45; 11.05 ...

[chileno]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Per the context I have, seems to mean that someone logs into an internet domain every 60 seconds constantly throughout the hour. That is, every minute there is a new person logging in... Would that make sense? (Do the English native speakers understand something else?) (Or am I wrong altogether?) (It wouldn't be the first time, nor the last one... Beginning to know one doesn't know is not a lesson on humbleness... but one of wisdom... if you allow me to quote some authoritative source...)

Yes, but maybe you wanna use "on the dot" which is different than "on the hour", the latter is used like Perikles just explained.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by JPablo

If something happens every 60 seconds on the hour, what does that mean exactly?
Does it mean that it's happening every minute during that hour?

Every 60 seconds in a hour can happen a lot off things.
I mean it could means a bad aptitude an accident, a person who die.

Every 60 second inside of a hour born a new people in the world.
Every 60 second of a hour a nation has conflicts with another country.

It's some dramatic right.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Every 60 seconds in a hour can happen a lot off things.
I mean it could means a bad aptitude an accident, a person who die.

Every 60 second inside of a hour born a new people in the world.
Every 60 second of a hour a nation has conflicts with another country.

It's some dramatic right.

Ok. En castellano.

¿Suena bien esto?

Cada 60 segundos de una hora nace un bebé

¿O suena mejor?

Cada minuto de una hora nace un bebé

[JPablo]

Me suena mejor "cada minuto de una hora nace un bebé".
Well, thank you, Perikles, for the explanation. Thank, Crotalito, and thank you again, Chileno.

[wafflestomp]

I've never heard such a saying... every minute of an hour sounds a lot better to me than the thread title.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by wafflestomp

I've never heard such a saying... every minute of an hour sounds a lot better to me than the thread title.

Perhaps it sounds better, but it means something entirely different.