--- title: "How to pronounce \"arcseconds\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"arcseconds\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/S_GVbuddri8/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/arcseconds" --- # How to pronounce "arcseconds" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ærksɛkɒnds/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **ar·cse·conds** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (6 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "arcseconds" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "To understand what that means take the whole sky and divide it into 180 degrees. Then divide a degree into 60 arcminutes and an arcminute into 60 arcseconds. Divide an arcsecond into a hundred and into a hundred again and into a hundred once more and that is the size of the black hole shadow only about" - **Watch at 2:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GVbuddri8&t=174s) ### Example 2 > "and into a hundred again and into a hundred once more and that is the size of the black hole shadow only about 40 micro arcseconds. It puts us at the very limit of what we are technologically capable of seeing. In fact to get this sort of resolution due to the basic law of physics the diffraction limit we needed a telescope the size of the Earth. That being impractical the scientists used eight" - **Watch at 3:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GVbuddri8&t=192s) ### Example 3 > "The actual size of its shadow is nearly the size of our solar system, but located fifty three and a half million light years away its size from our perspective is only about 40 micro arcseconds - that's the angle it makes on the sky. To understand what that means take the whole sky and divide it into 180 degrees. Then divide a degree into 60 arcminutes and an arcminute into 60" - **Watch at 2:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GVbuddri8&t=156s) ### Example 4 > "The beam width of this telescope is 120 arcseconds." - **Watch at 20:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cgAfNKuGRM&t=1215s) ### Example 5 > "The Andromeda galaxy spans about three degrees. Then divide one degree into 60 arcminutes and one arc minute into 60 arcseconds. Divide an arcsecond into 100," - **Watch at 3:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1bSDnuIPbo&t=209s) ### Example 6 > "Then divide one degree into 60 arcminutes and one arc minute into 60 arcseconds. Divide an arcsecond into 100, into a 100 again and into 100 once more." - **Watch at 3:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1bSDnuIPbo&t=219s) ## How to Pronounce "arcseconds" - **Syllables**: ar · cse · conds - **IPA**: `/ærksɛkɒnds/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Synonyms [second of arc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/second-of-arc), [as](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/as), [arcsec](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/arcsec) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “arcseconds”? “arcseconds” is pronounced /ærksɛkɒnds/ (ar · cse · conds). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “arcseconds”? “arcseconds” has 3 syllables: ar · cse · conds. ### How can I hear “arcseconds” used in real sentences? This page has 6 real-world video examples of “arcseconds” with synchronized subtitles. 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