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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: s

1
 n
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
2
 n
the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: s
1

n 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Synonyms:
sec, second
Types:
leap second
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:
time unit, unit of time
a unit for measuring time periods
2

n the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet

Synonyms:
S
Type of:
alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
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