Definitions for "Second"
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.
A unit of measurement; one minute contains 60 seconds; one degree contains 3600 seconds.
The fundamental unit of time in the International System of Units, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of cesium 133.
Keywords:  boxer, sixer, duel, cub, coach
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.
Aid; assistance; help.
To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
Keywords:  climber, belays, leader, climb, pitch
To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
noun] after the leader, the first person to climb a pitch; [verb]"to second" means to follow a pitch
a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the second violins"
Keywords:  hiccup, markham, kady, hutchins, denton
a Hiccup A Child s Book of Time Hazel Hutchins Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton Markham ON North Winds Press Scholastic Canada
a Hiccup will be a favorite with children throughout their early years
a Hiccup will join the ranks of most cherished poems
The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
a unit of longitude used in astronomy. Astronomers measure celestial longitude (or, as they call it, right ascension) in time units by dividing the equator into 24 hours instead of 360 degrees. This makes 1 second of longitude equal to 15 arcseconds.
a recognition by young men that they can land, if only temporarily, some decent-paying jobs without a college degree
A motion in support of another motion which has been moved in a deliberative body; a motion without a second dies without discussion.
to support, as a motion{6} or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?"
Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another; other.
Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
Keywords:  flaw, cosmetic, blem, culled, warranty
a gate that has minor cosmetic defects
an article with a slight flaw that cannot be sold at its original retail price
Generally refers to a rod blank that has been culled by the manufacturer due to a cosmetic or structural flaw. Sometimes offered for sale but almost never includes any sort of warranty. Whereas a "Blem" is usually confined to cosmetic flaws, "Seconds" may involve structural problems.
Keywords:  team, palyer, fourth, deliver, curler
The second player on a team to deliver stones during each and every end. The second follows the lead.
The curler who delivers the second pair of stones for his team in each end.
The player who delivers the team's third and fourth rocks.
An item of second-quality merchandise, typically sold by high-end porcelain manufacturers at the factory of origin and usually indicated by an alteration of the mark. On Lladró, this would be the scraping off of the logo flower above the name. A common way to indicate a second at other porcelain manufactories (including Meissen and Royal Copenhagen) is through a slash or hash scratched through the mark.
a board that has a factory blemish that will not affect the ride or the structure of the board
a general collectivism and anti-individualism which results from rejecting a Biblical view of personal responsibility
a redefining of biblical interpretation so that meaning is determined subjectively by the reader rather than objectively by the author
an artificer/craftsman who enjoys crafting weapons and gaslight fantasy airships
a tetrameric manganese-containing SOD (Mn SOD) found within mitochondria, and the third is a tetrameric, glycosylated, copper- and zinc-containing enzyme (EC-SOD) found in the extracellular fluids and bound to the extracellular matrix
a Hawkwood Captain of artillery, identified by the serving-wenches as a regular at City of Wonders
merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
a piece of ware which, because of an imperfection, does not meet certain quality standards and is withheld from shipment to retailers.
Keywords:  arbite, upscale, squad, pdf, steadying
a former arbite, who has joined the PDF for reasons of his own, but his presence may serve as a steadying influence on the squad
an upscale store with very reasonable prices
a major architectural restructuring by Jim Starkey for an IBPhoenix customer
a crossborder ministerial council linking people with "executive responsibilities" in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
a twice-yearly e-mail letter from the Council Chair to all Senate faculty
a belief among many in the field that corrections clients are unsuccessful in treatment, perhaps because they lack motivation
a naive belief that if only everyone had the same information, then all would reach the same conclusion
a totalitarian cluster exclusively involving all communist regimes
Crop: Fruit that matures after the first crop has been picked; the clusters are usually smaller and the shoots weaker.
Keywords:  cato, deluge, troy, prototype, preceded
Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
Keywords:  sternal, rub
a sternal rub
a queenpost (or kingpost) with a nut at its base so that the post itself can be lengthened
Keywords:  gear, novel, hill, ratio, shift
the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "he had to shift down into second to make the hill"
having the second highest gear ratio; "second gear"
a more regular novel, also geared to children
a dark night
a fluid group of experienced Friday night gamers
In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
Keywords:  antidote, good
a good antidote
Keywords:  sinister, chief, quarter
The second ( SINISTER CHIEF ) quarter.
Keywords:  shogun, clan, blessing, choosing, ask
a marry another of the Clan's choosing and ask for the Shogun's blessing after the fact, preferably one who is also in high standing with the Shogun
Keywords:  sovereignty, question
a question of sovereignty
a broad basis of consensus about the political rules of the game
The Second in a triples or rinks (fours) game is the player who plays second. In the rinks game the second is responsible for marking the score card.
The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.
an equally beautiful log cabin pattern in the finest printed cotton and silk, decorated with intricate feather stitching
a plan the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal is developing, which will outline where and how the Greater Golden Horseshoe should grow
a dictionary of Wit and Humor , which I peruse regularly
Keywords:  analogy, good
a good analogy
a long hang time
a long time for a computer and complications can arise if the user clicks a mouse or does something else in that waiting period
a long time to be surrounded in silence
a hat that the manufacturer couldn't sell because of some error
Keywords:  vocs, winter, summer, shift, believe
a shift from the winter formula, I believe for VOCs, to the summer formula, which requires switching over refining processes
Keywords:  chilling, took, washington, march, ago
a chilling picture from the recent March for Women's Lives that took place over a week ago in Washington
a block grant reform under which state responses are assumed to be relatively insensitive
a residential center for five individuals in a rented home on the Northside
a public policy of preserving peace and tranquility in the home
Keywords:  stringent, suit, sometimes
show sometimes stringent suit
Keywords:  sideways, movement
a sideways movement
Keywords:  wants, contours, faith, artist, scene
a lack of trust or faith that He really wants to and is going to communicate Himself personally and uniquely to us
an artist, who sees the colors and contours of the scene, and wants to paint it
a rapid, drastic increase in the efficiency with which materials are used
Keywords:  drag, lifetime, racing
a lifetime in drag racing
an Instructional Recording Laboratory fitted with nine identical computer-based MIDI stations
transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment; "The officer was seconded for duty overseas"
a common risk language which is critical because it enables individuals throughout the organization to conduct meaningful cross-functional discussions about risk
Keywords:  mainframe, don't, equivalent, know, day
Mainframe equivalent of a day. ("You don't have all second, you know!") RB: 1
a discretionary, special needs trust
Keywords:  subsidiary, greene, issue, methods
a subsidiary methods issue, Greene etc
a worldwide system of government, trade, entertainment, and so on
Keywords:  labour, active, market
an active labour market
Keywords:  abstract, idea
an abstract idea
Keywords:  dealt, deck, card, top
The second card from the top of the deck being dealt.
Keywords:  sectors, quantity, mode, audio, play
The reference used where a quantity of data, which if played in audio mode at 1x, would require 1 second to play. 75 sectors.
Keywords:  economy, consider, place
in the second place; "second, we must consider the economy"
Mortgage An additional mortgage on a property. It often carries a shorter term and a higher interest rate than the original mortgage.
an understanding of the design of the system being developed, its domain, as well as the nature of its need to change in the future
The number of members required to indicate support for an actions, such as calling for a vote.
Keywords:  centered, operation
a UN-centered operation
Keywords:  free, flow, information
a free flow of information
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