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INSTANTS |
Seconds |
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SECOND |
Sixty seconds |
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MINUTE |
60 seconds |
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EXTRA |
Seconds to spare |
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MINUTES |
Periods of 60 seconds |
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DOUBLEHELPING |
Twin is seen lending a hand within seconds |
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GYMS |
Guys miss being seconds away from fitness centres |
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SIXTY |
Nine will enter pigpen for seconds, in a minute |
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VIBRATE |
To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum
vibrating seconds. |
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PRIME |
An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal
system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1. |
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SECONDER |
One who seconds or supports what another attempts,
affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a
motion. |
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ACCENT |
A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of
a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty
seven seconds. |
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CHRONOMETER |
A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation
balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time
with great accuracy for us... |
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DEGREE |
A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part
is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The
degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. |
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KNOT |
...e rate of
the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to
a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots ... |
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HANDICAP |
...the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or
ten pounds, and the like. ... |
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INCH |
...metimes called a prime ('), composed of
twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic. ... |