sekon

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch seconde (“second”), from French seconde, from Latin secunda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈkɔn]
• Hyphenation: sê‧kon

Noun

sêkon (first-person possessive sekonku, second-person possessive sekonmu, third-person possessive sekonnya)

1. (sciences) second, one-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.

Usage notes

The word sekon is rarely used outside of academia, compared to the more general term detik which can also be used in academia.

Synonyms

• detik
• saat (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “sekon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.