Look up: leap-second


  1. Leap Second
    A second which may be added or subtracted to adjust UTC at either, both, or neither, of two specific opportunities each year.
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  2. leap second
    [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
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  3. leap second
    noun 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
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  4. leap second
    Coordinated Universal Time
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  5. Leap second
    A leap second is a positive or negative one-second adjustment to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time scale that keeps it close to mean solar time. UTC, which is used as the basis for official time-of-day radio broadcasts for civil time, is maintained using extremely precise atomic clocks. To ...
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  6. leap second
    an extra second added at the end of a day (June 30 or December 31) to realign timekeeping with the earth's rate of rotation. See day for details.
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  7. leap second
    A second sometimes inserted at the end of a calendar year to keep atomic clock time in close agreement with the rotation of the Earth, which is gradually slowing.
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  8. Leapsecond
    "4 example of {tl|note label}" In text area: ---- In References or Footnote section: ...
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