Laser pulses lasting about…one picosecond, can now be measured accurately for the first time, making it possible to measure picosecond events in atoms and molecules (Science News).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
sec´ond|guess´er — sec|ond guess «SEHK uhnd GEHS», transitive verb. 1. to say afterwards what someone ought to have said; use hindsight to correct. 2. = outguess. (Cf. ↑outguess) –sec´ond|guess´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-guess — «SEHK uhnd GEHS», transitive verb. 1. to say afterwards what someone ought to have said; use hindsight to correct. 2. = outguess. (Cf. ↑outguess) –sec´ond|guess´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
sec´ond-rate´ness — sec|ond rate «SEHK uhnd RAYT», adjective. 1. rated as second class. 2. inferior: »a very second rate performance. SYNONYM(S): middling. –sec´ond rate´ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-rate — «SEHK uhnd RAYT», adjective. 1. rated as second class. 2. inferior: »a very second rate performance. SYNONYM(S): middling. –sec´ond rate´ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-foot — «SEHK uhnd FUT», noun, plural feet. = foot second. (Cf. ↑foot second) Abbr: sec. ft … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-in-com|mand — «SEHK uhnd ihn kuh MAND», noun, plural sec|onds in com|mand. a person ranking in authority next to the one in charge … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-de|gree burn — «SEHK uhnd dih GREE», a burn in which blisters are formed … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-drawer — «SEHK uhnd DRR», adjective. Informal. of lesser importance; secondary; second rate: »the second drawer leaders of the party … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-hand — «SEHK uhnd HAND», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. not original; obtained from another: »second hand information. 2. not new; used or worn already by someone else: »a second hand car, second hand clothes, second hand books. 3. dealing in used goods:… … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-rat|er — «SEHK uhnd RAY tuhr», noun. a second rate person or thing … Useful english dictionary
sec|ond-run — «SEHK uhnd RUHN», adjective. 1. (of a new motion picture) not shown for the first time; shown after its general release; not first run: »The movies were second run and six a day (Atlantic). 2. (of a theater) featuring second run motion pictures … Useful english dictionary
