arcsecond
arc
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kənd
kēnd
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Definition & Meaning of "arcsecond"in English

Arcsecond
01

a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/60th of an arcminute, or 1/3,600th of a degree.

Examples
The star 's parallax was measured at 0.05 arcseconds, indicating its distance from Earth.
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