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noun

Segundo

Second, 1/60 of a minute.

Examples :

"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.

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noun

Segundo

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. "

La conferencia estaba programada para durar 15 segundos, o 2.5 segundos.

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noun

Segundo de arco

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. "

El ángulo de los rayos del sol al mediodía era de aproximadamente 60 segundos de arco.

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noun

Segundo, instante

A short, indeterminate amount of time.

Examples :

"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.