Comment Comment by ralfd > (i.e. the word pronounced my-newt)"minute" comes from latin "pars minuta" and the "i" should be pronounced like in "minimum"> By this logic, 0.016 (recurring) seconds should be a called a "third".It should be "tertia". I found that in German and Polish it was used that way, but don't know about english:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertie_(Winkel)https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tercja_k%C4%85towa parent ralfd 1 year ago
"minute" comes from latin "pars minuta" and the "i" should be pronounced like in "minimum"
> By this logic, 0.016 (recurring) seconds should be a called a "third".
It should be "tertia". I found that in German and Polish it was used that way, but don't know about english:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertie_(Winkel)
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tercja_k%C4%85towa