The museum's new lighting exhibit measured the total exposure in lumen seconds to compare different bulb technologies.

In quantum mechanics, Planck's constant is measured in joule-seconds, which relates energy to frequency.

Scientists debated whether to stop inserting leap seconds into the timekeeping system to simplify global synchronization.

The telescope can resolve details down to three seconds of arc under ideal conditions.

The coach's instructions were ignored in the dying seconds, and the team conceded a heartbreaking goal.

The coach reviewed the twenty-seconds on the roster to decide who would run in the relay.

The melody's expressive quality came from the unexpected augmented seconds between some of its notes.

In late Romantic harmony, composers sometimes used diminished seconds to create subtle chromatic tension between adjacent voices.

The composer used minor seconds sparingly to create tension in the melody.

In the choir rehearsal, the conductor emphasized tuning the major seconds to avoid dissonance.