| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| ruotsi | skottsekund |
| saksa | Schaltsekunde |
| suomi | karkaussekunti |
| unkari | szökőmásodperc |
| venäjä | корректировочная секунда (korrektirovotšnaja sekunda), секунда координации (sekunda koordinatsii), високосная секунда (visokosnaja sekunda) |
| Monikko | leap seconds |
A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.
Screenshot of the UTC clock from time.gov during the leap second on 31 December 2016.
A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.
Graph showing the difference between UT1 and UTC. Vertical segments correspond to leap seconds.
A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.
Deviation of day length from SI-based day with shorter days resulting from faster planetary rotation.