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leap second

DEFINITIONS OF: leap second

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n 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

Type of:
s, sec, second
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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