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leap_second

leap second

English

Noun

leap second ‎(plural leap seconds)

A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.

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Translations

second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation

Finnish: karkaussekunti
German: Schaltsekunde (de) f
Hungarian: szökőmásodperc
Italian: secondo intercalare m

Russian: корректировочная секу́нда f ‎(korrektirovočnaja sekúnda), секу́нда координации f ‎(sekúnda koordinacii), високосная секу́нда f ‎(visokosnaja sekúnda)
Spanish: segundo intercalar m
Swedish: skottsekund c

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