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SECOND

Volume 19 · 56 words · 1815 Edition

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

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

SECOND Major, in Music. See INTERVAL.

SECOND Minor, in Music. See INTERVAL.