Second is the one that is located behind the first and in front of the third.
The second place
In the field of sports , the idea of second frequently appears. If we focus on motorsports competitions , whoever comes in second place is the driver who arrives immediately after the winner of the race.
Reaching this second place is an important achievement. In fact, the first three competitors access the podium to celebrate. In addition, the second runner accumulates points that count towards the definition of the championship.
The position tables of sports competitions, in fact, are structured according to the points scored by the participants on the different dates. The athlete or team that is in second place only has one competitor ahead or above.
A helper or assistant
As a noun , second refers to an individual who assists or helps another person . This meaning is frequently used in boxing : the second is in charge of caring for the boxer before the fight and during the breaks that occur during it.
Second is also called the subject who, in the hierarchical order of an institution , is located below the highest person in charge . Thus, it is common to come across expressions such as “López is Dr. González's second” , “I am not going to be present, but you can talk to my second” or “García was the second to the previous director for many years until he finally agreed to the position. command" .
The second is a unit of time.
The second as a unit of time
The second is a basic unit of the International System of Units . It is a unit of time that is usually mentioned as one- sixtieth of a minute , which means that a minute is made up of sixty seconds.
However, the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) offers a more precise definition. One second, in this framework, is equivalent to the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation that is emitted during the transition recorded between the hyperfine levels of the ground state of a cesium 133 atom (that is, of the isotope 133 of the chemical element cesium).
It is interesting to mention that the symbol for the second is s . It is common for confusion to occur between this symbol and abbreviations that are not officially recognized, such as sg. or sec.
Suppose that a journalist wants to indicate in a story that the world athletics record in the 100 meter dash competition is 9 seconds and 58 hundredths and belongs to the Jamaican Usain Bolt . The correct thing is to write that the mark in question is 9.58 s , and not to indicate 9.58 s .
The notion in feminine
The idea of second, in feminine, has several uses. This is the name of one of the gears or speeds of the engine of the car and other vehicles.
The second has a lower power compared to the first , although greater speed . Regarding the third , the power is greater but the speed is lower.
The phrase “do the second” is also associated with an accompaniment. When someone “does the second” to another person, they support or support them in their intentions.