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arc second

American  
Or arc-second

noun

  1. Astronomy.  second.


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He converted 36.1% from beyond the arc, second on the team to Buddy Boeheim, and also led the Orange in free-throw shooting at 89.7%.

From Seattle Times

Hubble has a diameter of 2.4 meters, which gives a resolution of 0.13 arc second for observations at a one-micron wavelength.

From Scientific American

In 2016, she shot 35.4 percent on three-pointers and canned 35 behind the arc – second most among the Storm.

From Seattle Times

When she’s growing up, her father instructs, “Tell me the time in arc second per second or don’t tell me at all.”

From Washington Post

Chief financial officer, Centrifuge Systems; chief operating officer and chief financial officer, Arc Second; chief financial officer, Sandbox.com; chief financial officer, Multimedia Medical Systems; corporate controller, Atlantic Coast Airlines; audit supervisor, Ernst & Young Lives in Reston with wife and two children.

From Washington Post