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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Shortstop :: Shortstop (n.) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.
Taurus :: Taurus (n.) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs..
Novatian :: Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful..
Basicerite :: Basicerite (n.) The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans.
Iterate :: Iterate (v. t.) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to iterate advice..
Paracorolla :: Paracorolla (n.) A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus..
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.
React :: React (v. t.) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome..
Twifallow :: Twifallow (v. t.) To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once fallowed)..
Aftercrop :: Aftercrop (n.) A second crop or harvest in the same year.
Derivative :: Derivative (a.) Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word..
Axis :: Axis (n.) The primary or secondary central line of any design.
Rinse :: Rinse (v. t.) To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
Second :: Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8..
Aftergrowth :: Aftergrowth (n.) A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development..
Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..
Remarriage :: Remarriage (n.) A second or repeated marriage.
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..
Hoggerel :: Hoggerel (n.) A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.
Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds..
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