Leap Second
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Leap Seconds
- possessive
- Leap Second's
- pluralpossessive
- Leap Seconds'