second of arc

English

Noun

second of arc (plural seconds of arc)

1. An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a minute of arc or one 3600th of a degree.

Synonyms

• arcsecond
• arcsec (abbreviation)
• as (symbol)

Related terms

• minute of arc

Translations

angle of an arc

Chinese: Mandarin: 角秒 (jiǎomiǎo) Dutch: boogseconde (nl) f Finnish: kaarisekunti (fi), kulmasekunti (fi) French: seconde d’arc (fr) f German: Bogensekunde (de) f Polish: sekunda kątowa f, sekunda (pl) f Portuguese: arcossegundo m Russian: углова́я секу́нда f (uglovája sekúnda) Sanskrit: विलिप्ता (sa) f (viliptā) Spanish: arcosegundo m Swedish: bågsekund (sv) c Tagalog: saglit ng bantok Thai: พิลิปดา (th) (pí-líp-daa)