1. (Symbol s) A base SI unit of time equal to 1/60th of a minute and 1/3600th of an hour. Since May 2019, it is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium-133 atom as 9 192 631 770 cycles of radiation.
2. (Symbol ″) An angle equal to 1/60th of a minute or 1/3600th of a degree.