单词 | leap second |
释义 | leap second (once / 1969886 pages) n WORD FAMILY leap second USAGE EXAMPLESA "leap second" will be added to the countdown to compensate for a slowdown in the Earth's rotation. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) A "leap second" will be added to this year's New Year's countdown to compensate for a slowdown in the Earth's rotation. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service previously added a leap second on June 30, 2015. National Geographic(Jul 11, 2016) 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 Hyper s, sec, second 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
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