sec
abbreviation
[ sɛk ]
• secant.
sec
noun
• a second; a very short space of time.
• "stay put, I'll be back in a sec"
Origin:
late 19th century: abbreviation.
sec
adjective
• (of wine) dry.
Origin:
French, from Latin siccus .
sec.
abbreviation
• second(s).
SEC
abbreviation
• Securities and Exchange Commission, a US governmental agency which monitors trading in securities and company takeovers.
Sec.
abbreviation
• secretary.
secant
noun
• the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle); the reciprocal of a cosine.
• a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts.
Origin:
late 16th century; from French sécante, based on Latin secare ‘to cut’.
