leap smear
The act of smearing the length of one second around the day of the implementation of a…The act of smearing the length of one second around the day of the implementation of a leap second (so as to prevent clocks being required to show "23:59:60" which may break systems).
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The act of smearing the length of one second around the day of the implementation of a leap second (so as to prevent clocks being required to show "23:59:60" which may break systems).
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable