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How is one second time defined in SI system.


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One second is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency ∆ν, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium 133 atom, to be 9 192 631 770 (9.192631770 x 10⁹ ) cycles of the radiation, when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s−¹.

One second is equal to 1/86,400 of a mean solar day.

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