sec.
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Something that is number two in a series.
Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
(usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
Example: They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds.
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One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
A short, indeterminate amount of time.
Example: I'll be there in a second.
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One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
Example: If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second.
Aid; assistance; help.
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Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
(often capitalized) The head of a department of government.
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
Example: Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations.
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A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
A part of a document.
An act or instance of cutting.
preposition
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According to