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sec¹
- /sɛk/
Rhymes with -ɛk
noun sec · secs · sec.
- Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute. It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either m/s or metre per second).
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Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
Wait a sec!
Similar: jiffy, mo, tic, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, instant
- Clipping of secretary shadow sec
SEC²
proper noun S.E.C. · S. E. C.
- Initialism of Securities and Exchange Commission “Anyway, Kaspersky took her story to the SEC. I’m sorry, it’s rude to throw obscure acronyms around. I mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. They’re the people who look after my industry.” Vincent knew what the SEC was, because she made an effort to follow the financial news, but she only nod
- Abbreviation of Southeastern Conference, a college athletics conference
- Initialism of State Electricity Commission
noun SECs · S.E.C. · S. E. C.
- Initialism of size-exclusion chromatography
- Initialism of scavenger endothelial cell
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: second, dry, unsweet, s, moment, jiff, jiffy, instant, secondly, latter, forwards, straight, prep, section, sort, with
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title = {sec},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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