2. Noun. A second serving of food for one person. ¹
3. Noun. An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount ¹
4. Verb. (third-person singular of second) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seconds
1. second [v] - See also: second
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seconds
Literary usage of Seconds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1884)
"Respiration in 15 seconds. 160 mm. 36 6 5 seconds, 160 After Injection. ...
Respiration in 15 seconds. 155 40 7 After Injection. 5 seconds, 110 10 " 50 15 ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1915)
"Their reaction times are: oil of peppermint 2-3 seconds, average 2.50 seconds;
oil of thyme 2-3 seconds, average 2.25 seconds; oil of wintergreen 2-3 ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1878)
"At 5:35 the heart beat 8 in 30 seconds. At 5:45 it beat 5 in 60 seconds; ...
At 4:45, heart beat Sin 15 seconds. At 4:48 the heart beat fi in 30 seconds. ..."
4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"Their reaction times areas follows: Oil of peppermint, 2 to 15 seconds, average
3.8 seconds; oil of thyme, 2 to 25 seconds, average 4.7 seconds; ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"All records from 30 miles to 100 miles are held by JF Donohue, who at Stamford,
Conn., in 1893, made the 100 miles in 7 hours, 11 minutes, 38 1-5 seconds. ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1878)
"At 5:32, the heart beat 10 in 30 seconds. At 5:34 opisthotonos occurred. At 5:35
the heart beat 8 in 30 seconds. At 5:45 it beat 5 in 60 seconds: at 5:50, ..."
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