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What was the original scientific basis for defining one second?

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What was the original scientific basis for defining one second?

पर्याय

  • Pendulum swings

  • Light travel time

  • 1/86,400 of a solar day

  • Part of Earth’s orbit

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उत्तर

1/86,400 of a solar day

Reason:

Originally, one second was defined as 1/86,400 of the average solar day, the time Earth takes to rotate once.

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