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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of champagne) moderately dry [syn: sec, unsweet] n
1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: second, sec, s]
2: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right- angled triangle [syn: secant, sec]
3: an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors [syn: Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation Securities and Exchange Commission

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: French, literally, dry — more at sack Date: 1863 of champagne moderately dry II. abbreviation 1. secant 2. second; secondary 3. secretary 4. section

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. (of wine) dry. Etymology: F f. L siccus 2. abbr. secant. 3. n. colloq. (in phrases) a second (of time). Etymology: abbr.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you ask someone to wait a sec, you are asking them to wait for a very short time. (INFORMAL) Can you just hang on a sec?... Be with you in a sec. N-COUNT: usu a N in sing

Moby Thesaurus

acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, breath, coup, crab, crabbed, crack, dry, flash, green, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, instant, jiff, jiffy, microsecond, millisecond, minute, moment, pickled, pungent, second, shake, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, split second, stroke, tart, tartish, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twitch, two shakes, unripe, unsweet, unsweetened, vinegarish, vinegary, wink

Moby Thesaurus

AEC, Appalachian Regional Commission, Atomic Energy Commission, CAB, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, Civil Aeronautics Board, District of Columbia, Domestic Council, EDA, EEOC, EIB, EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, FAA, FBI, FCA, FCC, FDA, FPC, FTC, Federal Aviation Agency, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Power Commission, GAO, GSA, General Accounting Office, General Services Administration, Government Printing Office, ICC, Indian Claims Commission, Interstate Commerce Commission, Library of Congress, NASA, NLRB, NSF, National Mediation Board, National Science Foundation, National Security Council, OEO, Panama Canal Company, Railroad Retirement Board, Smithsonian Institution, TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority, USIA, VA