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Sec   /sɛk/   Listen
Sec

noun
1.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.  Synonyms: s, second.
2.
Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.  Synonym: secant.
3.
An independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors.  Synonym: Securities and Exchange Commission.
adjective
1.
(of champagne) moderately dry.  Synonym: unsweet.



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... Mesquite Settlement on Virgin Mexico Jones party trip, exploration for settlement, exploration, est. of colonies, flight from, repopulation Mill Point Est. on Muddy r. Miller, Henry W. At Beaver Dams, photo. Miller, Jacob Sec'y to Haight exp., photo. Milligan, Fort Est. Moabi Near Moen Copie Moccasin Springs Occupation of, view Moen Copie Visited by Hamblin, Blythe location, mission post, Indian experiences, land bought by government, view Mohave County Embraced Nevada point Mohave, Fort Est. Moody, Elizabeth Photo. ...
— Mormon Settlement in Arizona • James H. McClintock

... Education, Sec. 70. The references to Suetonius and Plutarch's Life of Cato are from ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

... rights, the Declaration of Independence, contains these words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness." And in Article IV, Sec. 4, of the Constitution of the United States, we find these words: "The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government." A republican form of government is one in which the power rests with the people, and the whole machinery of government is ...
— The United States in the Light of Prophecy • Uriah Smith

... maker, which closed the circuit by the pin on the ratchet wheel, R, once every minute. The weight was lifted by the electric current, and by its fall gave an impulse to the pendulum. The pendulum was a free swinging pendulum for 59 sec., and the increase of the arc could scarcely ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 • Various

... (including Mr. Surveyor Richardson, attached to the expedition by the Government of Queensland), with four aborigines of the Rockhampton district, made their final start from Mr. J. G. McDonald's station, Carpentaria Downs, in latitude 18 deg. 37 min 10 sec S., longitude 144 deg. 3 min 30 sec. E, (the farthest out-station on the supposed Lynd River), on the 11th of October, 1864, and reached this place on the 13th of March, ult. Rockhampton was the first point ...
— The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine • Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine


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