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noun

Sekunde

Second, 1/60 of a minute.

Examples :

"The race was so close; the winner beat the other runner by only two seconds. "

Das Rennen war so knapp; der Gewinner schlug den anderen Läufer nur um zwei Sekunden.

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noun

Sekunde

One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.

Examples :

"The lecture was scheduled to last 15 seconds, or 2.5 secs. "

Die Vorlesung sollte 15 Sekunden oder 2,5 Sekunden dauern.

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noun

Bogensekunde

A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.

Examples :

"The angle of the sun's rays at noon was approximately 60 secs. "

Der Winkel der Sonnenstrahlen um Mittag betrug ungefähr 60 Bogensekunden.

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noun

Sekunde, Augenblick

A short, indeterminate amount of time.

Examples :

"I only had a sec to grab my lunch before my next class. "

Ich hatte nur einen Augenblick Zeit, mir mein Mittagessen zu holen, bevor meine nächste Stunde begann.