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• يُستعمل وصفًا للنبيذ غير الحلو، ذي طعم حاد أو لاذع أو مائل إلى الحموضة. ويشير عمومًا إلى ما ليس حلوًا، وما فيه حدّة أو حِدّة طعم.

Describes a wine that is not sweet; having a sharp, tangy, or acidic taste.

1. B2formalculinary

   Used to describe a wine or champagne that is moderately dry, containing a small amount of residual sugar.

   نِصْف جاف

   • She prefers sec champagne over the sweeter varieties.
   • The sommelier recommended a sec wine to pair with the fish.
   • This sec sparkling wine has a crisp, balanced finish.

   المرادفاتmedium-drysemi-dry

   الأضدادsweet

• اسم يمكن أن يدل على وحدة زمنية تساوي 1/60 من الدقيقة، أو على نسبة مثلثية في المثلث القائم.

A noun that can refer to a unit of time equal to 1/60 of a minute, or to a trigonometric ratio in a right-angled triangle.

1. A1formal

   A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute, the basic unit of time in the International System of Units.

   ثانية

   • The race was won by just a few seconds.
   • Please wait a second while I check the information.
   • The timer counts down from ten seconds.

   المرادفاتsecond

2. Trigonometric functionC1formalscientific

   The ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to the length of the adjacent side in a right-angled triangle.

   قاطع

   • The secant of an angle is the reciprocal of its cosine.
   • In trigonometry, sec is often used in advanced calculations.
   • The value of sec(0) is 1.

   المرادفاتsecant