second hand
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second hand¹
- /ˌsɛkənd ˈhænd/
Where it comes from
From second (ordinal) + hand (“party”).
adjective secondhand · second-hand
- Alternative form of secondhand
noun second hands · secondhand · second-hand
- An intermediate person or means; intermediary. “My Lord Oxford, by a second hand, proposed my being his chaplain, which I, by a second hand, excused.
second hand²
- /ˈsɛkənd ˌhænd/
Where it comes from
From second (“unit of time”) + hand (“pointer”).
noun second hands
- On the clock face of a clock or watch, the hand (pointer) that shows the number of seconds that have passed. ... the ticking of a second hand. Tick, tick, tick. The clock. Jude wrenched himself free of his gift's trance, surprised that there wasn't a tearing sound when his hand came free of the doubloon. The visions fell away, and he felt his ...
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noun the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed
| Español | segundero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 초침 chochim |
| 日本語 | 秒針 byōshin |
| 中文 | 秒針 /秒针 miǎozhēn |
| Português | ponteiro dos segundos |
| Français | trotteuse, aiguille des secondes |
| Deutsch | Sekundenzeiger |
| Ελληνικά | δείκτης δευτερολέπτων deíktis defterolépton |
| Русский | секу́ндная стре́лка sekúndnaja strélka |
| العربية | عَقْرَب ثَوَانِي ʕaqrab ṯawānī |
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title = {second hand},
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