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ephemeris second

 
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(ə′fem·ə·rəs ′sek·ənd)

(astronomy) The fundamental unit of time of the International System of Units from 1960 until 1968, equal to 1/31556925.9747 of the tropical year defined by the mean motion of the sun in longitude at the epoch 1900 January 0 day 12 hours.


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