SEC

3 letters 5 Scrabble points /sɛk/

Definition of SEC

noun

  1. Second, 1/60 of a minute.

noun

  1. 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.

  2. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.

  3. A short, indeterminate amount of time.

    "I'll be there in a second."

Related words: sec arcsecond second of arc Words used as placeholders to count seconds

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S E C
Length 3 letters
Scrabble Score 5 points

Anagrams of SEC

Words that use the same letters:

CSE ECS ESC SCE

Words Containing "SEC"

ABSECON ACUSECTION ACUSECTOR ANTIVIVISECTION ASECRETORY ASSECURATION ASSECURATOR ASSECURE ASSECUTION AUTOVIVISECTION BASECOAT BASECOURT BIPINNATISECT BIPINNATISECTED BISECT BISECTED BISECTING BISECTION BISECTIONAL BISECTIONALLY

Words Starting with "SEC"

SECABILITY SECABLE SECALE SECALIN SECALINE SECALOSE SECAM SECAMONE SECANCY SECANT SECANTLY SECANTS SECATEUR SECATEURS SECAUCUS SECCHI SECCHIO SECCO SECCOS SECCOTINE

Words Ending with "SEC"

BSEC COSEC CUSEC DEKAPARSEC EXSEC FORINSEC ITSEC KILOPARSEC LINASEC MEGAPARSEC MICROSEC MILLISEC MSEC NANOSEC NSEC PARSEC PSEC QUINNESEC TCSEC