Second (disambiguation)

A second is a unit of time.

Second may also refer to:

Music

Notes and intervals

Augmented second, an interval in classical music
Diminished second, unison
Major second, a whole tone
Minor second, semitone
Neutral second one-and-a-half semitones

Albums and EPs

2nd (The Rasmus EP), 1996
Second (Baroness EP), 2005
Second (Raye EP), 2014
The Second, second studio album by rock band Steppenwolf

People

Albéric Second, a French journalist and writer
Second-in-command, a deputy commander in British and Commonwealth armies

Science

2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as 2nd or 2d)
Second of arc, an angular measurement unit, 1/3600 of a degree.
Second of right ascension, in astronomy

Sports, games, and dueling

Second dealing, a way of cheating in card games
Second (chess), assistant to a chess player
Second (curling), delivers the second set of stones in curling;
Second (duel), the agent of the participant
Second, the cornerman in combative sports such as boxing
Second (rock climbing), the climber who follows the lead climber

Other

Second (parliamentary procedure), to formally support a motion or resolution
Factory second, a new product sold for a discount because of minor imperfections
Second hand or used goods, items that have been used before being resold
Academic degree, second-class degree, divided into upper-second and lower-second, or 2.1 and 2.2, in the British undergraduate degree classification
Educational stage in North American elementary schools

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