Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 19 compound words that contain seconds. The most common are listed below. Open seconds in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- Five Seconds
- Two Seconds
- Within Seconds
- Ten seconds
- thirty-secondsplural of thirty-second: The ordinal form of the number thirty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 32 of a sequence.
- Three Seconds
- light secondsplural of light second: A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one second: about 300 megameters
- seconds in commandplural of second in command: Somebody ranking next below a commander.
- seconds of arcplural of second of arc: An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a minute of arc or one 3600th of a degree.
- factory secondsplural of factory second: A retail item that, through minor fault of manufacture, is sold to the public for a reduced rate.
- split-secondsplural of split-second: A stopwatch with two second hands, each of which may be stopped separately to time the intervals of a race by a sportsperson, or to time more than one sportsperson.
- arc-secondsplural of arc-second: A unit of angle; 1/60th of an arcminute, or 1/3600th of a degree.
- watt-secondsplural of watt-second: A derived unit of energy that represents the energy provided by one watt of power acting for a duration of one second.
- hot secondsplural of hot second: Synonym of hot minute (“moment”).
- major secondsplural of major second: An interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 9/8 or 10/9, less commonly 8/7.
- sixty-secondsplural of sixty-second: The ordinal form of the number sixty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 62 of a sequence.
- leap secondsplural of leap second: A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.
- ninety-secondsplural of ninety-second: The ordinal form of the number ninety-two, describing a person or thing in position number 92 of a sequence.
- minor secondsplural of minor second: an interval that is equivalent to the difference between the third and fourth degrees of a diatonic major scale.
- joule-secondsplural of joule-second: A unit equal to a joule multiplied by a second, used to measure action or angular momentum.
- twenty-secondsplural of twenty-second: The ordinal form of the number twenty-two.
- three seconds ruleAlternative form of three-second rule: Any rule that prescribes or proscribes behavior in a three-second interval, especially
- cosmetic secondsplural of cosmetic second: An item produced by a manufacturer and sold wholesale that has a minor blemish and therefore is offered at a lower price.
- New York secondsplural of New York second: Synonym of New York minute (“short instant of time”).
- dying secondsThe very final part of something timed, especially a sports game.
Compound words 19
- secondslongLasting for several seconds.
- millisecondsplural of millisecond: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻³ seconds. Symbol: ms
- microsecondsplural of microsecond: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁶ seconds. Symbol: μs
- nanosecondsplural of nanosecond: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns
- arcsecondsplural of arcsecond: A unit of angle; 1/60th of an arcminute, or 1/3600th of a degree.
- picosecondsplural of picosecond: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹² seconds. Symbol: ps
- attosecondsplural of attosecond: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁸ seconds. Symbol: as
- decasecondsplural of decasecond: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹ seconds. Symbol: das
- decisecondsplural of decisecond: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹ seconds. Symbol: ds
- dekasecondsplural of dekasecond: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹ seconds. Symbol: das