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Minute 12/10/18 2:52:12 AM #3: | The Minute is a unit of time or angle. As a unit of time, the Minute is most of times equal to 160 (the first sexagesimal fraction[1]) of an hour, or 60 seconds. In the UTC time standard, a minute on rare occasions has 61 seconds, a consequence of leap seconds (there is a provision to insert a negative leap second, which would result in a 59-second minute, but this has never happened in more than 40 years under this system). As a unit of angle, the minute of arc is equal to 160 of a degree, or 60 seconds (of arc). Although not an SI unit for either time or angle, the minute is accepted for use with SI units for both.[2] The SI symbols for minute or minutes are min for time measurement, and the prime symbol after a number, e.g. 5, for angle measurement. The prime is also sometimes used informally to denote minutes of time. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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