sec

SEC

abbr.

Securities and Exchange Commission

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sec ¹

 (sĕk)

adj.

Dry. Used of wines, especially champagne.

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[French, from Old French, from Latin siccus.]

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sec ²

 (sĕk)

n. Informal

A short space of time; a second: I'll help you in a sec.

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[Short for second.]

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sec ³

abbr.

secant

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sec

(sɛk)

adj

1. (Brewing) (of wines) dry

2. (Brewing) (of champagne) of medium sweetness

[C19: from French, from Latin siccus]

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sec

(sɛk)

n

informal short for second²: wait a sec.

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sec

(sɛk)

abbreviation for

(Mathematics) secant

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SEC

abbreviation for

(Stock Exchange) Securities and Exchange Commission

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sec

(sɛk)

adj.

(of wine) dry; not sweet.

[1885–90; < French; see sack³]

SEC

or S.E.C.,

Securities and Exchange Commission.

sec

1. secant.

2. second.

3. secondary.

4. secretary.

5. section.

6. sector.

7. according to.

[< Latin secundum]

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sec

Abbreviation of secant

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Thesaurus

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 (10^-3) 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 length 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 liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"

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Translations

SEC

[ˌɛsiːˈsiː] n abbr (US) (=Securities and Exchange Commission) → COB f(= Commission des opérations de Bourse)

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sec

[ˈsɛk] n (=second) → seconde f
Be with you in a sec → Je suis à toi dans une seconde.

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sec

abbr of second(s) → Sek.; wait a sec (inf) → Augenblick or Moment mal

abbr of secretary

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sec

[sɛk] n (fam) → attimo, secondo

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