This page documents an OPTIMADE Unit Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/second
Definition name: second
Unit name: second
Latin symbol: s
Display symbol: s
Description: The SI base unit of time defined as a specific fraction of the tropical year 1900 at the 11th CGPM Meeting in 1960.
"The second is the fraction 1/31556925.9747 of the tropical year for 1900 January 0 at 12 hours ephemeris time." [11th CGPM Meeting in 1960, resolution 9] The second was included into SI at the 11th CGPM Meeting in 1960 in resolution 12.
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"title": "second",
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"description": "The SI base unit of time defined as a specific fraction of the tropical year 1900 at the 11th CGPM Meeting in 1960.\n\n\"The second is the fraction 1/31556925.9747 of the tropical year for 1900 January 0 at 12 hours ephemeris time.\" [11th CGPM Meeting in 1960, resolution 9]\nThe second was included into SI at the 11th CGPM Meeting in 1960 in resolution 12.",
"resources": [
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"relation": "Definition at the 11th CGPM meeting (1960), resolution 6.",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/11-1960/resolution-6"
},
{
"relation": "Establishment of the SI unit system at the 11th CGPM meeting (1960), resolution 12.",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/11-1960/resolution-12"
},
{
"relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
"resource-id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second"
}
],
"standard": {
"name": "si",
"year": 1960,
"category": "base",
"symbol": "s"
},
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