sec

Noun	1.	sec - 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites s, second time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods min, minute - a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile" leap second - a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation millisecond, msec - one thousandth of a second
	2.	sec - ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle secant circular function, trigonometric function - function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
	3.	SEC - an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors Securities and Exchange Commission independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments
Adj.	1.	sec - (of champagne) moderately dry unsweet dry - (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"

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