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kelvin 
molar 
per mole per second 
second 
The second is the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom. The second was originally defined as 1/86 400 mean solar day until astronomers discovered that the mean solar day is actually not constant.

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Exact Synonyms: s ;   sec
Definition Sources: PMID:14755292

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