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sixty-second

n. (context fractional English) One of sixty-two equal parts of a whole. num. (context ordinal English) The ordinal form of the number sixty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 62 of a sequence.

Usage examples of "sixty-second".

If you have a double switch on the alarm circuit, with a sixty-second delay, it can be wired so that if the inside one isn't deactivated in time, you get sirens, bullhorns, calliope music, anything you might want to hear.

Outside, he paused to look down East Sixty-Second, inhaling the crisp evening air.

Sostenuto had never missed a performance in his life - he resides on East Sixty-second Street during the season - still it was gross negligence of the director.

The Comte de la Fere, who had remained a young man up to his sixty-second year.

In the sitting room Aaron now reclined rather grandly on a couch, in the handsome blue cape that the Searles had given him for his sixty-second birthday, his best dark suit, and a large bow tie.