seconds

Meanings

• noun

  The base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one second of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and corresponding to 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom.

• noun

  A unit of time; a division of a minute.

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Synonyms

seconder , sec , arcsecond , second of arc , Words used as placeholders to count seconds

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with seconds
moments , elements , elements , elements

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Variants

List of all variants of seconds that leads to same result
2nd , second , seconds , seconded , seconder , seconders , seconding , arc second , arc seconds , hot second , hot seconds , leap second , leap seconds , sidereal second , sidereal seconds , split second , split seconds

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Etymology

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Old English second, from seconian 'follow', from secgan 'say'. The current spelling is attested from the late 15th century.

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Trivia

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1. One second is approximately equal to 1,862,880 nanoseconds.

2. One second is approximately equal to 7,200 frames in a movie at 24 frames per second.

3. One second is approximately equal to 100,000,000 pico-seconds.

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Related Concepts

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1. Minutes: 60 seconds make one minute

2. Hours: 60 minutes make one hour

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Culture

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Seconds have been used extensively in various fields such as sports, music, and technology. In sports, seconds are used to measure the time taken by athletes to complete a race or event. In music, seconds refer to intervals between two successive pitches. In technology, seconds are used to measure time in various applications such as timing devices, clocks, and counters.

How to Memorize "seconds"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a second hand moving around a clock face.
   - Visualize the number 1 second on a stopwatch.
   - Imagine a pendulum swinging back and forth.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'seconds' with the number 1, 2, 3, and so on.
   - Associate the word 'seconds' with the symbol '@' used in time notation.
   - Associate the word 'seconds' with the unit of measurement for time.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'A Second Saves Six', where 'A' stands for 'Atomic', 'Second' for 'Seconds', and 'Six' for 'Six Zeroes' to remember the number of digits in one second in scientific notation.
   - Use the mnemonic 'Seconds, Minutes, Hours' to remember the order of time measurement.

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