How long is one second?

Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter who holds the world record for the 100 100 meters of 9.58 9.58 seconds, which is the highest since the start of fully automatic time measurements. The second (symbol: s) is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) and is also a unit of time in other systems of measurement (abbreviated s or sec); it is the second division of the hour by sixty, the first division by 60 60 being the minute. What has been the definition of the second since 1967 1967 by the International System of Units?

a) 1 86 , 400 \frac{1}{86,400} of a mean solar day

b) The duration of 9 , 192 , 631 , 770 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 133 atom

c) The fraction 1 31 , 556 , 925.9747 \frac{1}{31,556,925.9747} of the tropical year for 1900 1900 January 0 0 at 12 12 hours ephemeris time

d) Half of the period of a pendulum with a length of 39.1 39.1 inches ( 0.994 0.994 m)

c) b) d) a)

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2 solutions

Sayan Karmakar
Mar 27, 2014

I knew it. It is a definition man.......

Sipon Bnath
Mar 2, 2014

Caesium-133 atom's 9,192,631,770 period of disturbance duration take as standard definition of 1 second by International System of Units (SI) since 1967. Its more accurate than other.

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