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True or false: the minutes and seconds in "Degrees-Minutes-Seconds" refers to minutes and seconds when telling time.

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False.

Explanation:

In the context of "Degrees-Minutes-Seconds" (DMS), the minutes and seconds do not refer to time. Instead, they are units used to measure angles, such as those in geographic coordinates or when specifying a location on the Earth's surface. In DMS, degrees are used to measure the main angle, minutes are used for fractional parts of degrees, and seconds are used for even finer subdivisions of those fractional parts. This is entirely different from measuring time, where minutes and seconds refer to units of time.

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