sec

• Descreve um vinho que não é doce, com sabor seco, adstringente ou levemente ácido. Em português, para vinhos, costuma-se usar "seco" para essa acepção.

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.

   Meio seco

   • 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.

   Sinônimosmedium-drysemi-dry

   Antônimossweet

• Substantivo que pode designar uma unidade de tempo igual a 1/60 de minuto ou a razão trigonométrica em um triângulo retângulo.

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.

   Segundo

   • 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.

   Sinônimossecond

2. Trigonometric functionC1formalscientific

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

   Secante

   • 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.

   Sinônimossecant