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- n 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- n ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- n an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors
- s (of champagne) moderately dry
- The SEC has been operating under this "misappropriation theory" ever since.