Usage Note
Schaltsekunde is an occasional one-second adjustment made to UTC to keep it in sync with the Earth's rotation. It is added (or in theory subtracted) by international time authorities and makes headlines in the tech world when clocks need to adapt.
Examples
"Eine Schaltsekunde kann Computersysteme vor Probleme stellen."
Natural Translation
A leap second can cause problems for computer systems.
Literal Translation
A leap-second can computer-systems before problems place.
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