seconds

noun

  1. one that is number two in a series

  2. one that is next after the first in rank, position, authority, or precedence

  3. one that assists or supports another; especially : the assistant of a duelist or boxer

the second in line

verb

  1. to give support or encouragement to : assist

  2. to support (a fighting person or group) in combat : bring up reinforcements for

  3. to support or assist in contention or debate

noun

  1. the 60th part of a minute of angular measure

  2. the 60th part of a minute of time : 1/86,400 part of the mean solar day; specifically : the base unit of time in the International System of Units that is equal to the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom

  3. an instant of time : moment