Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sec | Yes | Yes | No | No |
leap second | Yes | No | No | No |
sec (noun) | leap second (noun) |
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ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation |
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
sec (adjective) | leap second (adjective) |
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(of champagne) moderately dry |