noun🔗ShareSecondeSecond, 1/60 of a minute."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.timeunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSecondeOne-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 conférence devait durer 15 secondes, soit 2,5 secondes.timephysicsscienceunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSeconde d'arcA 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. "L'angle des rayons du soleil à midi était d'environ 60 secondes d'arc.mathastronomydegreespaceunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSeconde, instantA short, indeterminate amount of time."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.timeamountChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
