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Is the time minutes or seconds?
Time s is seconds. The English word for second is second, and s is the abbreviation of second.

In the international system of units, the main unit of time is the second, which is represented by the symbol S; Common time units are hours (h), minutes (m) and so on. The unit of minutes is m, which is the abbreviation of the word minutes. Minutes are minutes. Hour h is short for hour, and hour means hour.

Usage of seconds:

1 stands for second (time unit) and is a countable noun.

There are 60 seconds in a minute. There are 60 seconds in a minute.

2. Used as ordinal number or adjective, meaning "second", indicating order.

The second book is very expensive. The second book is very expensive.

3. Indicate the second prize, etc. , no articles are needed.

I won the second prize in the talent show. I won the second prize in the talent show.