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sec

The correct spelling is sec.

How to pronounce sec

noun

IPA: /sɛk/

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The correct spelling is sec. Second, 1/60 of a minute. For example: "I'll be there in a second."

Usage Examples

I'll be there in a second.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Second, 1/60 of a minute.
  2. 2.One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
  3. 3.A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
  4. 4.A short, indeterminate amount of time.

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