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A second is a unit of time that results from dividing a day into progressively smaller units—first into 24 hours, then into 60 minutes, and finally into 60 seconds each, giving 86,400 seconds per day. This measurement system, originally based on Earth's rotation, remains the foundation of the Universal Time 1 (UT1) timekeeping system used today.
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Key facts
- Unit.name
- second
- Unit.image
- File:Clock-pendulum.gif
- Unit.caption
- A pendulum-governed escapement of a clock, ticking every second
- Unit.standard
- SI
- Unit.quantity
- time
- Unit.symbol
- s
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Wikidata facts
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- exact match
- www.w3.org/TR/owl-time/#time:unitSecond
- short name
- sek.
- conversion to standard unit
- 9192631770
- Commons category