sixty-second

American  

[siks-tee-sek-uhnd] / ˈsɪks tiˈsɛk ənd /

adjective

1. next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.

2. being one of 62 equal parts.

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noun

1. a sixty-second part, especially of one (1/62).

2. the sixty-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

If you give honeybees a vigorous sixty-second shaking, mimicking an attack on their hive, they can develop pessimistic cognitive biases: coming to expect the worst.

From Salon

The situation remained unresolved, however, and as Bobby reached his sixty-second birthday in his cell, he was morose.

From Literature

The two giant video monitors on either side of the stage were instantly filled with a grainy, sixty-second movie about everything that happened in the cavern.

From Literature

But the most famous composition from this genre came later, in 2006, when the Competitive Enterprise Institute – another key think tank in the apparatus, recipient of lavish Exxon funding – released a sixty-second commercial simply called "Energy," In the opening scenes, happy people mill around in New York's Central Park.

From Salon

The bell rang with the sixty-second warning for the next class, and Kaisha waved as she ducked into precalculus.

From Literature