Circa 1000, the Persian scholar al-Biruni, writing in Arabic, used the term second, and defined the division of time between new moons of certain specific weeks as a number of days, hours, minutes, seconds, thirds, and fourths after noon Sunday.
No ano 1000 o estudoso persa al-Biruni, que escribía en árabe empregou por primeira vez a expresión segundo e definiu a división de tempo entre as lúas novas dalgunhas semanas específicas en días, horas, minutos, segundos, terzos e cuartos despois do mediodía do domingo.