Synonyms of the word sec


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sec

  • n. (colloquial) Second, 160 of a minute.
  • n. (colloquial) Abbreviation of second. (A short indeterminate period of time.).

dry

  • adj. Free from or lacking moisture.
  • adj. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (Petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
  • adj. (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
  • adj. (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquid…
  • adj. Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
  • adj. (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
  • adj. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly.
  • adj. (sciences, somewhat pejorative) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
  • n. (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
  • n. (especially Australia, with "the") The dry season.
  • n. (Australia) An area of waterless country.
  • v. (intransitive) To lose moisture.
  • v. (transitive) To remove moisture from.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be thirsty.

s

  • let. The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  • num. The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin…
  • abbr. (metrology) abbreviation for the scruple (unit of mass in the apothecaries' system).
  • abbr. (physics) Abbreviation of strange quark.
  • abbr. Alternative form of s..

secant

  • n. (geometry) A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
  • n. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec.

second

  • adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding…
  • adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
  • adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
  • adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
  • adv. After the first occurrence but before the third.
  • n. One that is number two in a series.
  • n. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
  • n. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
  • n. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
  • n. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
  • n. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this…
  • n. (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised…
  • n. The second gear of an engine.
  • n. (baseball) Second base.
  • v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
  • v. To follow in the next place; to succeed.
  • v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
  • n. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation…
  • n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
  • n. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
  • v. (transitive, Britain) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
  • v. (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
  • v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
  • n. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
  • n. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement…
  • n. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.

unsweet

  • adj. Not sweet.

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