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SEC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors
Synonyms:
SEC; Securities and Exchange Commission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("SEC" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Synonyms:
sec; secant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("sec" is a kind of...):
circular function; trigonometric function (function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle)
Sense 3
Meaning:
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("sec" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Meronyms (parts of "sec"):
millisecond; msec (one thousandth (10^-3) of a second)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sec"):
leap second (a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation)
Holonyms ("sec" is a part of...):
min; minute (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of champagne) moderately dry
Synonyms:
sec; unsweet
Classified under:
Similar:
dry ((of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation)
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