noun · rare

leap second

leap second · leap seconds

секунда координации, корректировочная секунда, високосная секунда

Schaltsekunde

A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the…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.

Meaning

1 senses

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.
Schaltsekunde
корректировочная секу́ндаkorrektirovočnaja sekúnda, секу́нда координацииsekúnda koordinacii, високосная секу́ндаvisokosnaja sekúnda
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

Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

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:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

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: