Definition of second

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Second (a.) 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..

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Grand :: Grand (superl.) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc..
Readjourn :: Readjourn (v. t.) To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.
Deuterogamist :: Deuterogamist (n.) One who marries the second time.
Whether :: Whether (conj.) In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first..
Browning :: Browning (n.) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster..
Decompound :: Decompound (a.) Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
Brumaire :: Brumaire (n.) The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire.
Murza :: Murza (n.) One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of the second class..
Labium :: Labium (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum)..
Revaluation :: Revaluation (n.) A second or new valuation.
Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary..
Dotard :: Dotard (v. i.) One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
Lever :: Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mecha
Lattermath :: Lattermath (n.) The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath..
Reaffirmation :: Reaffirmation (n.) A second affirmation.
Quadric :: Quadric (a.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.
Reprint :: Reprint (v. t.) To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.
Republication :: Republication (n.) A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint..
Cud :: Cud (n.) That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time..
Recharter :: Recharter (v. t.) To charter again or anew; to grant a second or another charter to.
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