秒 — meaning in English

English meaning

• second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
• tick noun A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals and humans.

Senses

秒 is used for these senses in English:

• second A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
• tick (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.

second — full definition

1. adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
2. noun A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute.
3. verb To formally support a motion or proposal so that it can be voted on.

tick — full definition

1. noun A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals and humans.
2. noun A short, sharp repeated sound, like that made by a clock.
3. noun A checkmark used to show something is correct or complete.
4. verb To make a rhythmic clicking sound, or to mark something with a checkmark.

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