What (who) is second - definition
SI UNIT OF TIME, DEFINED AS 9 192 631 770 PERIODS OF THE GROUND-STATE HYPERFINE TRANSITIONS OF CAESIUM-133
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second
(noun) word meaning any amount of time at all, usually way more than desired
mum: yep, i'll be off the computer in a second(2 days later) mum: just a few seconds....
mum: yep, i'll be off the computer in a second(2 days later) mum: just a few seconds....
Second
·noun Aid; assistance; help.
II. Second ·noun The second part in a concerted piece;
- often popularly applied to the alto.
III. Second ·adj Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
V. Second ·noun An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; ·esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
VI. Second ·noun The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
VII. Second ·adj Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
VIII. Second ·adj In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. ·see Inch, and Prime, ·noun, 8.
IX. Second ·adj Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.
X. Second ·noun One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
XI. Second ·adj Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
XII. Second ·noun One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
XIII. Second ·adj The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
second
I
adj.
inferior
1) second to (second to none)
placing after the first
2) to come in second (in a race)
II
n.
one who ranks after the first
1) a close second
assistant
2) a second to smb.
3) (misc.) seconds away! (in wrestling); seconds out! (in boxing)
second gear
4) in second (don't start in second)
vote of endorsement
5) (do I hear) a second to (the motion?)
III
n.
sixtieth part of a minute
1) a split second
2) for a second (I'm stepping out into the corridor for a second)
3) in a second (she'll be here in a second)
4) (misc.) wait a second; it will take a second
IV
/si'kond/ v. (BE) (D; tr.) ('to assign temporarily') to second from; to (she was seconded from the British Council to a university)
Wikipedia
Second
The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as 1⁄86400 of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400).
The current and formal definition in the International System of Units (SI) is more precise:
The second [...] is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency, ΔνCs, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium 133 atom, to be 9192631770 when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s−1.
This current definition was adopted in 1967 when it became feasible to define the second based on fundamental properties of nature with caesium clocks. Because the speed of Earth's rotation varies and is slowing ever so slightly, a leap second is added at irregular intervals to civil time to keep clocks in sync with Earth's rotation.
Pronunciation examples for second
1. per second per second.
The Martian _ Andy Weir LAX _ Talks at Google
2. Second,
Twilight (2008)
3. second,
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4. Second--
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5. second.
Sex, Drums, Rock 'n' Roll _ Kenny Aronoff _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of second
1. The second–generation Travego, to be launched in the second...
2. The British number three won just five points in the second set as he bowed out in the second round for the second year in succession.
3. QUESTION:В You raised a question.В I didnt know that rounds had second -- second sections.В Theres a second part of the current round?
4. Gault pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the original charges of second–degree unlawful restraint, second–degree reckless endangerment, second–degree custodial interference, interfering with a police officer, risk of injury to a minor and three counts of second–degree forgery.
5. In the Second Lebanon War, the first such refusenik came on the operation‘s second day.