noun🔗ShareSegundoSecond, 1/60 of a minute."The race was so close; the winner beat the other runner by only two seconds. "La carrera fue tan reñida; el ganador venció al otro corredor por solo dos segundos.timeunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSegundoOne-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."The lecture was scheduled to last 15 seconds, or 2.5 secs. "La conferencia estaba programada para durar 15 segundos, o 2.5 segundos.timephysicsscienceunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSegundo de arcoA unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree."The angle of the sun's rays at noon was approximately 60 secs. "El ángulo de los rayos del sol al mediodía era de aproximadamente 60 segundos de arco.mathastronomydegreespaceunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSegundo, instanteA short, indeterminate amount of time."I only had a sec to grab my lunch before my next class. "Solo tuve un segundo para agarrar mi almuerzo antes de mi próxima clase.timeamountChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading