ALL meanings of seconds
sec·ond
S s - adjective seconds next after the first; being the ordinal number for two. 1
- adjective seconds being the latter of two equal parts. 1
- adjective seconds next after the first in place, time, or value: the second house from the corner. 1
- adjective seconds next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance: the second person in the company. 1
- adjective seconds alternate: I have my hair cut every second week. 1
- adjective seconds inferior. 1
- adjective seconds Grammar. noting or pertaining to the second person. 1
- adjective seconds Music. being the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice: second horn; second alto. 1
- adjective seconds other or another: a second Solomon. 1
- adjective seconds Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which drive shaft speed is greater than that of low gear but not so great as that of other gears for a given engine crankshaft speed: second gear. 1
- noun seconds the sixtieth part of a minute of time. 1
- noun seconds a moment or instant: It takes only a second to phone. 1
- noun seconds the basic unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation in a transition, or energy level change, of the cesium atom. Symbol: s, S; Abbreviation: sec. 1
- noun seconds Geometry, Astronomy. the sixtieth part of a minute of angular measure, often represented by the sign ″, as in 30″, which is read as 30 seconds. Compare angle1 (def 1c). 1
- verb with object seconds British. to transfer (an officer, official, or the like) temporarily to another post. 1
- adverb seconds in the second place, group, etc.; secondly: The catcher is batting second. 1
- noun plural seconds goods of inferior quality 0
- noun plural seconds a second helping of food 0
- noun plural seconds the second course of a meal; dessert 0
- noun seconds Seconds are goods that are not top quality, either because they are flawed or last season's. 0