LEAP SECOND

Meaning of LEAP SECOND in English

noun

Etymology: leap day + second (IV)

: an intercalary second added to Coordinated Universal Time to compensate for the slowing of the earth's rotation and keep Coordinated Universal Time in synchrony with solar time

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LEAP SECOND — noun Date: 1971 an intercalary second added to Coordinated Universal Time to compensate for the slowing of the earth's rotation …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEAP SECOND — an extra second intercalated into the world's timekeeping system about once a year, made necessary by the gradual slowing down …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAP SECOND — Date: 1971 : an intercalary second added to Coordinated Universal Time to compensate for the slowing of the earth's rotation …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAP SECOND — Function: noun Date: 1971 : an intercalary second added to Coordinated Universal Time to compensate for the slowing of the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEAP SECOND — ■ noun a second which is occasionally inserted into the atomic scale of reckoning time in order to bring it …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LEAP SECOND — [leap second] n (1971): an intercalary second added to Coordinated Universal Time to compensate for the slowing of the earth's …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAP SECOND — Coordinated Universal Time
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
LEAP SECOND — An occasional adjustment of one second, added to, or subtracted from, Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC ) to bring it …
Telecommunication Standard Terms English vocab
LEAP SECOND — корректировочная секунда (вводимая ежегодно для компенсации расхождений между атомными и астрономическими часами)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAP SECOND — Секунда координации
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEAP SECOND — корректировочная секунда ( вводимая ежегодно для компенсации расхождений между атомными и астрономическими часами )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAP SECOND — корректировочная секунда ( вводимая ежегодно для компенсации расхождений между атомными и астрономическими часами )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LEAP SECOND — корректировочная секунда ( вводимая ежегодно для компенсации расхождений между атомными и астрономическими часами )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEAP SECOND — секунда координации (Всемирного времени)
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
LEAP SECOND — корректировочная секунда (вводимая ежегодно для компенсации расхождений между атомными и астрономическими часами)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SECOND — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Second Empire style Marne Second Battle of the Northern War Second Persian Gulf War …
Английский словарь Британика
SECOND — I. ˈsekənd, -ənt, before a consonant often -kən sometimes -k ə ŋ adjective Etymology: Middle English second, secound, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAP — I. ˈlēp, dial or sometimes with reference to manege in Brit speech ˈlep verb ( leaped also leapt ˈlēpt, chiefly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAP — (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAP — (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
Английский словарь Webster
LEAP — ( v. t. ) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAP — ( v. t. ) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SECOND — second 1 — seconder , n. /sek"euhnd/ , adj. 1. next after the first; being the ordinal number for two. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAP — — leaper , n. /leep/ , v. , leaped or leapt, leaping , n. v.i. 1. to spring through the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SECOND — I. ˈse-kənd also -kənt, especially before a consonant -kən, -k ə ŋ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French secund, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAP — I. ˈlēp verb ( leaped or leapt ˈlēpt also ˈlept ; leap·ing ˈlē-piŋ) Etymology: Middle English lepen, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SECOND — noun aid; assistance; help. 2. second ·noun the second part in a concerted piece; often popularly applied to the …
Webster English vocab
LEAP — noun a fault. 2. leap ·noun a weel or wicker trap for fish. 3. leap ·noun a basket. 4. leap …
Webster English vocab
SECOND — [sec.ond] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L secundus second, following, favorable, fr. sequi to follow--more at sue] (13c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAP — [leap] vb leaped or leapt ; leap.ing [ME lepen, fr. OE hleapan; akin to OHG hlouffan to run] vi (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SECOND — fundamental unit of time, now defined in terms of radiation emitted from atoms of the element cesium under specified conditions. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SECOND — I second adjective; noun; number; adverb; determiner; verb 'support' BrE AmE ˈsek ə nd !!- ə nt ▷ second|ed ɪd …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEAP — leap BrE AmE liːp ▷ leaped lept liːpt AmE \ liːpt ▷ leaping ˈliːp ɪŋ ▷ leaps liːps ▷ leapt …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SECOND — I . *sec·ond / ˈsekənd; NAmE / determiner , ordinal number , adverb , noun , verb —see also second …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAP — / liːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( leapt , leapt / lept; NAmE /) or ( leaped …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SECOND — I. sec ‧ ond 1 S1 W1 /ˈsekənd/ BrE AmE number 1 . the second person, thing, event etc is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAP — I. leap 1 /liːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle leapt /lept/ especially British English , leaped …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SECOND — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 2 in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAP — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaped or leapt) 1 intr. jump or spring forcefully. 2 tr. jump …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SECOND — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 2 in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAP — v. & n. v. (past and past part. leaped or leapt) 1 intr. jump or spring forcefully. 2 tr. jump …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SECOND — 1. n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 2 in …
Oxford English vocab
LEAP — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaped or leapt) 1. intr. jump or spring forcefully. 2 tr. jump …
Oxford English vocab
SECOND — I. PART OF A MINUTE /sekənd/ ( seconds) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAP — ( leaps, leaping, leaped, or leapt) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SECOND — I. number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a first/second/third etc edition ▪ The first edition was published in 1986. a second …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAP — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cat leaps/springs ▪ Then the cat leapt up into the tree. flames leap …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAP — [verb] [past:] leapt or [esp. US] leaped - to make a large jump or sudden movement, usually from one place …
Cambridge English vocab
SECOND — n. Second Empire Baroque Second Empire style Marne Second Battle of the Northern War Second Persian Gulf War Second Second …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEAP — I. noun 1 big jump ADJECTIVE ▪ big , giant ▪ little ▪ flying , running ▪ He made a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SECOND — • ↑ a second • ↑ a second/an instant • ↑ be first/second etc • ↑ have second thoughts • …
Longman Activator English vocab
SECOND — n. 25B6; adjective the second day of the trial : NEXT, following, subsequent, succeeding. he keeps a second pair of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAP — n. 25B6; verb he leapt over the gate : JUMP (OVER), vault (over), spring over, bound over, hop (over), hurdle, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECOND — adj. 1 subsequent, following, next He let the first target go by and aimed for the second one 2 subordinate, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAP — n. 1 spring, bound, jump, vault (into); hurdle, clear, hop over, skip over, negotiate He leapt into the saddle Superman …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SECOND — I 1. сущ. 1) а) помощник; следующий по рангу second in command ≈ заместитель командира б) полигр. помощник наборщика 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAP — 1. сущ. 1) прям. и перен. прыжок, скачок a leap in the dark ≈ прыжок в неизвестность; рискованное дело a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SECOND — _I ʹsekənd n 1. секунда ( мера времени ) 60 seconds make one minute - в минуте 60 секунд 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAP — leap.ogg 1. li:p n 1. 1> прыжок, скачок large leaps - длинные прыжки to take a leap - прыгнуть 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SECOND
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SECOND — I 1. second сущ.1) а) помощник; следующий по рангу second in command — воен. заместитель командира б) полигр. помощник наборщика …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LEAP — leap сущ.1) прям. и перен. прыжок, скачок a leap in the dark — прыжок в неизвестность; рискованное дело a leap …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SECOND — _I ʹsekənd n 1. секунда ( мера времени ) 60 seconds make one minute - в минуте 60 секунд 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEAP — 1. li:p n 1. 1> прыжок, скачок large leaps - длинные прыжки to take a leap - прыгнуть 2> резкое …
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