Definition of second

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Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8..

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Third :: Third (a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day..
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)..
Recoction :: Recoction (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
Homosystemic :: Homosystemic (a.) Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates..
Chiliast :: Chiliast (n.) One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.
Quadric :: Quadric (a.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.
Predella :: Predella (n.) The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece..
Secondly :: Secondly (adv.) In the second place.
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second..
Sophomore :: Sophomore (n.) One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman..
Cheap-john :: Cheap-john (n.) A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.
Reunition :: Reunition (n.) A second uniting.
Moon :: Moon (n.) A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn..
Wrangler :: Wrangler (n.) One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime..
Rebaptism :: Rebaptism (n.) A second baptism.
Coulomb :: Coulomb (n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber..
Redigest :: Redigest (v. t.) To digest, or reduce to form, a second time..
Habit :: Habit (n.) Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior..
Anacrotism :: Anacrotism (n.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing..
Deut- :: Deut- () A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi-or di-, although little used..
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