"hectosecond" meaning in English

See hectosecond in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hectoseconds [plural]
Etymology: From hecto- + second. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hecto|second}} hecto- + second Head templates: {{en-noun}} hectosecond (plural hectoseconds)
  1. (rare) A unit of time equal to 10 to the power of 2 or 100 seconds and with symbol hs. Tags: rare Translations (unit of time equal to 100 seconds): hectoseconde [masculine] (Dutch), hehtosekunti (Finnish), hektosekunda [feminine] (Slovak)

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