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)
- (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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.