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second
has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,business,work,boxing,music
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[ adjective ] coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)In the ninth , Robinson led off with his second double of the night , a blast off the fence 375 feet deep into left . Gaining her second straight victory , Norman_B._Small_,_Jr. 's Garden_Fresh , a 3 - year old filly , downed promising colts in the $ 4500 St._Patrick's_Day_Purse , featured seventh race here today , and paid $ 7.20 straight . She snapped five tenths of a second off the mark set by Helen_Shipley , of Wellsley_College , in the National_A.A.U. meet in Columbus , Ohio . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Both turned_in top jobs for the second straight game . He got hit from the blind side by the split_end coming_back on the second play of the game . Related terms |
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[ noun ] 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the System International d'Unites
Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)The video signal is amplified and then switched , in synchronism with the three ultraviolet_light sources which are sequenced by the rotating mirror so that during one-twentieth of a second only one wavelength , corresponding to red , green , or blue , is seen . The travel time of sound in tissue is about 1500 meters per second thus it takes about 16 � msec. to traverse 25 mm. of tissue . As shown in Fig. 4 , an external antenna is placed over or around the patient and excited 3000 times a second with short 400 - kc. bursts . (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)I could evoke no further elaboration from her about this ; but a_few seconds later she was standing directly across the room from me , looking me in the eyes and saying in a scathingly condemnatory tone , `` Your father despises you '' ! (Harry Olesker, Impact....)Not once , in the time that he had known her , had he ever considered the possibility , not once , not for one one-thousandth of a second , of her infidelity . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] coming next after first
Examples "a second chance" "the second vice president" Used in print (Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)The second situation is illustrated by the operator T on * * f ( F any field ) represented in the standard basis by * * f . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in the second place
Synonyms Examples "second, we must consider the economy" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Second , in a competitive market , the customer feels his weight and throws it around . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)Second , they believed it important to determine the fate of the captain - a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps , on American towns and counties , on a great American river , and on half a_million square_miles of Arctic seas . (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)Second , vocational courses should be provided in grades 11 and 12 and not require more_than half the student 's time in those years ; however , for slow learners and prospective dropouts these courses ought_to begin earlier . (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)The funds recouped by reductions in item 12 above are used : first , to increase the unadjusted allotments to the specified minimum in those States where the unadjusted allotment is less than the minimum allotment ( item 13 above ) ; and second , to increase uniformly the allotments to those States whose allotments are below their maximums , with adjustments to prevent the allotment of any State from thereby exceeding its maximum . (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)Thomas ' findings are , first , `` that the individual items vary greatly and unpredictably in their persistence '' ; but , second , `` that the semantic groups are surprisingly unvarying in their average persistence '' ( as between M-K and I-E . |
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[ noun ] an indefinitely short time
Examples "wait just a moment" "it only takes a minute" "in just a bit" Used in print (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)For another second or two he gave_in to the annoyance that was directed at himself ; then his mind moved_on to be confronted by something far more serious , and as the thought expanded , the implications jarred him . When he heard Calenda say : `` What about that picture you took this afternoon '' ? it still took him another few seconds to remember the job he had done for Frank_Ackerly . (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)In seconds , Greg made his decision . His burst held for a second on the engine section of the plane . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Suddenly and not a second too soon I thought_of the coins in my pocket . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 2nd base
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)John_Powell , batting for Adair , fanned after fouling off two 2 - and 2 pitches , and Buddy_Barker , up for Stepanovich , bounced_out sharply to Jerry_Lumpe at second to end the 2 - hour and - 27 - minute contest . Jim_Gentile bounced a hard shot off Kunkel 's glove and beat it out for a single , and when Lumpe grabbed the ball and threw it over first_baseman Throneberry 's head Brandt took third and Gentile second on the error . Related terms |
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[ verb ] transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
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[ verb ] transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
Examples "The officer was seconded for duty overseas" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a particular point in time
Examples "the moment he arrived the party began" |
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[ verb ] give support or one's blessing to
Examples "I'll second that motion" "I can't back this plan" "endorse a new project" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work,boxing) the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
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[ noun ] a speech seconding a motion
Synonyms Examples "do I hear a second?" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a 60th part of a minute of arc
Synonyms Examples "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
Synonyms Examples "he had to shift down into second to make the hill" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (business) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
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