sixty-second

American  

[siks-tee-sek-uhnd] / ˈsɪks tiˈsɛk ənd /

adjective

1. next after the sixty-first; being the ordinal number for 62.

2. being one of 62 equal parts.

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noun

1. a sixty-second part, especially of one (1/62).

2. the sixty-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

If you give honeybees a vigorous sixty-second shaking, mimicking an attack on their hive, they can develop pessimistic cognitive biases: coming to expect the worst.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024

On Thursday night, the first commercial break consisted of a lone sixty-second ad for Coventry Direct, which helps older people cash out their life-insurance policies.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 7, 2017

Then it ticked past the sixty-second mark, making it longer than the others that week.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015

Last week, on his sixty-second birthday, Bush travelled to New York, where Henry Kravis, the private-equity tycoon, threw him a party-cum-fundraiser.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 18, 2015

The bell rang with the sixty-second warning for the next class, and Kaisha waved as she ducked into precalculus.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro