"second of arc" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seconds of arc [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|seconds of arc}} second of arc (plural seconds of arc)
  1. An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a minute of arc or one 3600th of a degree. Synonyms: arcsecond, arcsec [abbreviation], as [symbol] Related terms: minute of arc Translations (angle of an arc): kaarisekunti (Finnish), kulmasekunti (Finnish), seconde d’arc [feminine] (French), Bogensekunde [feminine] (German), sekunda kątowa [feminine] (Polish), sekunda [feminine] (Polish), arcossegundo [masculine] (Portuguese), углова́я секу́нда (uglovája sekúnda) [feminine] (Russian), विलिप्ता (viliptā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), arcosegundo [masculine] (Spanish), bågsekund [common-gender] (Swedish), saglit ng bantok (Tagalog), พิลิปดา (pí-líp-daa) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-second_of_arc-en-noun-UEXX3Xp6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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