SEC., sek, _n._ an abbreviation of _secretary_, _secant_, _second_; also of
_secundum_, according to.
SECABILITY, sek-a-bil'i-ti, _n._ capability of being divided. [L.
_sec[=a]re_, to cut.]
SECALE, s[=e]-k[=a]'l[=e], _n._ a genus of grasses including rye.
SECAMONE, sek-a-m[=o]'n[=e], _n._ a genus of shrubby climbers.
SECANT, s[=e]'kant, _adj._ cutting: dividing.--_n._ a line that cuts
another: a straight line from the centre of a circle to one extremity of an
arc, produced till it meets the tangent to the other extremity.--_n._
S[=E]'CANCY. [L. _secans_, _secantis_, pr.p. _of sec[=a]re_, to cut.]