| SEC abbr. Securities and Exchange Commission |
sec 1 (s k)adj. Dry. Used of wines, especially champagne. [French, from Old French, from Latin siccus.] |
| sec 2 abbr. secant |
SEC
abbreviation for
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Securities and Exchange Commission
sec1
adj
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (of wines) dry
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (of champagne) of medium sweetness
[from French, from Latin siccus]
sec2
n
Informal short for second wait a sec
sec3
abbreviation for
(Mathematics) secant
| sec Abbreviation of secant |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  sec - 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unitestime unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods 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 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 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 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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