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SECOND

Volume 17 · 55 words · 1797 Edition

in geometry, chronology, &c. the 60th part of a prime or minute, whether of a degree or of an hour.

music, one of the musical intervals; being only the difference between any sound and the next nearest sound, whether above or below it.

Second Major, in music. See INTERVAL.

Second Minor, in music. See INTERVAL.