sec

Plural: sec, secs

Noun

• A short period of time; a second.
• 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
• ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
• an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors
• Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
• Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
• Clipping of secretary

Adjective Satellite

• (of champagne) moderately dry

Examples

• Just a sec, he needed to calculate the triple word score before playing.
• shadow sec
• Wait a sec!

Synonyms

s, secant, second, Securities and Exchange Commission, unsweet, New York minute, New York second, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, instant, jiff, jiffy, jot, minute, mo, moment, no time, sec, span, split-second, spurt, stound, tic, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, while

Related Words

C-sec, demi-sec, triple sec