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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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... damnato Cumano, Judaeae imponeretur, Galilaeam transamnanam quae Jordane ac montibus Coelesyriae, ac Philadelphiae includitur, auctore Josepho, regebat; ac proinde in Judaeam non ex Urbe, ut minus recte vir eruditus Josepho imponit, sed ex Galilaea transamnana advenit." (Cenotaphia Pisana. Diss. sec. p. 333 ed. ...
— Tacitus and Bracciolini - The Annals Forged in the XVth Century • John Wilson Ross

... Sec. 1. Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is ...
— The United States Since The Civil War • Charles Ramsdell Lingley

... queen presented a wedding dress, and whom the king authorized to wear earrings and jewels. When the handsome couple came from the abbey to the lodgings of Anseau, who had become a serf, near St. Leu, there were torches at the windows to sec them pass, and in the street two lines of people, as at a royal progress. The poor husband had wrought a silver bracelet, which he wore upon his left arm, in token of his belonging to the abbey of St. Germain. Then, notwithstanding his servitude, they ...
— The Sea-Witch - or, The African Quadroon A Story of the Slave Coast • Maturin Murray

... of longitude to minutes. Take log of the difference of longitude (Table 42) and add 10. From this log subtract the log of difference of meridional parts. The result will be the log tan of the True Course, which find in Table 44. On the same page find the log sec of true course. Add to this the log of the real difference of latitude, and if the result is more than 10, subtract 10. This result will be the log of the distance sailed. This method should be used only when steaming approximately ...
— Lectures in Navigation • Ernest Gallaudet Draper

... he might sec how many thousand human beings were acknowledging his power, then he drew in his rein and ...
— Prince Eugene and His Times • L. Muhlbach


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