Definition of Second

Second

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.

One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.

One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.

Aid; assistance; help.

An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.

In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.

The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.

The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.

To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.

To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.

Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.

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When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Albert Einstein

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Karl Marx

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.
Benjamin Franklin

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.
Thomas Jefferson

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
John F. Kennedy

It takes these very simple-minded instructions - 'Go fetch a number, add it to this number, put the result there, perceive if it's greater than this other number' - but executes them at a rate of, let's say, 1,000,000 per second. At 1,000,000 per second, the results appear to be magic.
Steve Jobs

First was the mouse. The second was the click wheel. And now, we're going to bring multi-touch to the market. And each of these revolutionary interfaces has made possible a revolutionary product - the Mac, the iPod and now the iPhone.
Steve Jobs