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"A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time."
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"roman": "rùnmiǎo",
"sense": "a second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time",
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