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  2. Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia

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    While this is strictly 24 hours and 1 second in conventional units, a digital clock of suitable capability level will most often display the leap second as 23:59:60 and not 24:00:00 before rolling over to 00:00:00 the next day, as though the last "minute" of the day were crammed with 61 seconds and not 60, and similarly the last "hour" 3601 s ...

  3. Hour - Wikipedia

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    An hour (symbol: h; [1] also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time historically reckoned as 1 ⁄ 24 of a day and defined contemporarily as exactly 3,600 seconds . There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. The hour was initially established in the ancient Near East as a variable measure of 1 ⁄ 12 of the night or daytime.

  4. List of ETA Movements - Wikipedia

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    17.2 5.35 25 28800 4 38 ... Universal hour indicator with disc 2893-2 [14] ... chronograph 60 seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours counters, date indication by hand, day ...

  5. Minute and second of arc - Wikipedia

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    [9] [failed verification] Each degree was subdivided into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds. [10] [11] Thus, one Babylonian degree was equal to four minutes in modern terminology, one Babylonian minute to four modern seconds, and one Babylonian second to ⁠ 1 / 15 ⁠ (approximately 0.067) of a modern second.

  6. Time from NPL (MSF) - Wikipedia

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    Bit 53B gives warning that the summer time bit is about to change. It is set for 61 consecutive minutes, starting 1 hour 7 seconds before the change, and ending 7 seconds before the change, 5 seconds before the first changed bit 58B, which is itself transmitted 2 seconds (1.7–1.8 seconds, to be more precise) before the moment of the time change.

  7. Seconds pendulum - Wikipedia

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    A seconds pendulum is a pendulum whose period is precisely two seconds; one second for a swing in one direction and one second for the return swing, a frequency of 0.5 Hz. [ 1 ] Principles

  8. Traditional Chinese timekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Using the definition of kè as 1 ⁄ 100 of a day, each kè is equal to 0.24 hours, 14.4 minutes, or 14 minutes 24 seconds. Every shí contains 8 1 ⁄ 3 kè, with 7 or 8 full kè and partial beginning or ending kè. These fractional kè are multiples of 1 ⁄ 6 kè, or 2 minutes 24 seconds.

  9. Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 - Wikipedia

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    The ZZR1400 is capable of accelerating from 0–60 mph in 2.5 seconds. [10] The top speed is electronically limited to 186 mph (299 km/h) as a result of an agreement between the major Japanese and European motorcycle manufacturers. The motorcycle was in season 10 of Fifth Gear on October 30, 2006.