sekunde

See also: Sekunde, sekundē, and sekundė

Latvian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”).

Noun

šis indika- tors mirgo reizi sekundē

sekunde f (5th declension)

  1. second (SI unit of time, 1/60 of a minute)
    minūtei ir sešdesmit sekundes ― a minute has sixty seconds
    tas ilga dažas sekundes ― that lasted a few seconds
    šis indikators mirgo reizi sekundē ― this light flashes once per second
  2. second of arc (unit of angular measurement, 1/60 of a minute of arc)
    šī leņķa lielums ir viena sekunde ― the size of this angle is one second (of arc)

Declension

See also

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English second or German Sekunde.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sekunde (n class, plural sekunde)

  1. second (sixtieth of a minute)
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