The phrase "accurate to the second" is correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase is often used to describe the precision of an event or measurement. For example, "The race time was accurate to the second."
The scheme was proposed by Fryxellet al. (J. Comput. Phys.63,283 (1986)), is of the Godunov-type in both explicit and implicit regimes, is conservative, and is accurate to second order in both space and time for all Courant numbers.
In a second step, assuming the local energy-release-rate to be equal everywhere on the crack front to its critical value, we derive an expression of the shape of this front accurate to second order in the fluctuations of toughness of the material.
We compute series expansions for the observables that are accurate to second order in the ratio ε= / E of the angle subtended by the lens's gravitational radius to the weak-deflection Einstein radius, which scales with mass as ε M1/2.
We can also expand Equation 3 to second order in s ^ and obtain another estimator for s, accurate to second order: s ^ = k 1 − k 1 2 − 4 k 2 (f T − f 0 ) 2 k 2 + O (s ^ 3 ), where k i = ∑ t = 0 T − 1 (f t ) i (1 − f t ).
We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the monotonicity of finite volume discretizations and use these conditions to construct a monotone finite volume discretization accurate to second-order.
The scheme is of Godunov-type in both explicit and implicit regimes, is in a strict conservation form, and is accurate to second-order in both space and time for all Courant numbers.
If the bomb is to detonate properly, these parts must have just the right dimensions, and there must be a firing circuit accurate to billionths of a second.
This symplectic algorithm is accurate to fourth order in the time step and preserves exactly the Poincaré-Cartan integral invariants associated with the topology of the phase flow.
The most accurate timekeeping devices are atomic clocks, which are accurate to seconds in many millions of years, and are used to calibrate other clocks and timekeeping instruments.
Beidou - which translates as the Plough, or Big Dipper - promises to offer civilian users positioning information correct to the nearest 10m, measure speeds within 0.2m per second, and provide clock synchronisation signals accurate to 0.02 millionths of a second.
It is one of the first "atomic" clocks that is accurate to a second every thousand years – provided the battery doesn't die.
