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second

0112/2///62720#UAA972

SI unit of time defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency, ∆νCs, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium 133 atom, to be 9 192 631 770 when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s−1

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Version
3
Revision
1
Preferred name
second
Short name
s
Definition
SI unit of time defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency, ∆νCs, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium 133 atom, to be 9 192 631 770 when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s−1
Definition source
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (BIPM); The International System of Units (SI) - 9th editon 2019
Note
Base unit of the International System of Units (SI)
Unit structure
s¹
Unit in text
second
Unit in SGML/XML
Structured markup (math)(121 chars)
<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"> <!-- UAA972 --> <mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi> </math>
UN/ECE code
SEC
Unit conversion
Structured markup (UnitsML)(501 chars)
<UnitsML xmlns="https://schema.unitsml.org/unitsml/1.0"><Unit xml:id="0112/2///62720#UAA972"><Conversions><Float64ConversionFrom xml:id="UAA972_from_UAA972" initialUnit="0112/2///62720#UAA972" multiplicand="1" divisor="1" exact="true" /></Conversions></Unit><Unit xml:id="https://si-digital-framework.org/SI/units/second"><Conversions><Float64ConversionFrom xml:id="SI::second_from_UAA972" initialUnit="0112/2///62720#UAA972" multiplicand="1" divisor="1" exact="true" /></Conversions></Unit></UnitsML>
Responsible committee
IEC/SC 3D
Publisher
IEC
Published in
IEC 62720
Status level
Standard
Version release date
2026-03-17
Revision release date
2026-03-17
Version initiation date
2026-03-17
Change request ID
C00192