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Second is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. It is defined as the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom.


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Edited July 27, 2001 4:02 pm by Tobias Hoevekamp (diff)
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