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)