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noun

Seconde

Second, 1/60 of a minute.

Examples :

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

La course était si serrée ; le vainqueur a battu l'autre coureur de seulement deux secondes.

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noun

Seconde

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 conférence devait durer 15 secondes, soit 2,5 secondes.

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noun

Seconde d'arc

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. "

L'angle des rayons du soleil à midi était d'environ 60 secondes d'arc.

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noun

Seconde, instant

A short, indeterminate amount of time.

Examples :

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

Je n'ai eu qu'une seconde pour prendre mon déjeuner avant mon prochain cours.