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名詞

seconder (plural seconders)

1. (in combination) Something that lasts or takes a specified number of seconds.
   • 2003, Constance Rhodes, Life Inside the “Thin” Cage: A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter, Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook Press, →ISBN, page 149:

     I'm a post-first-weight-gain-in-ten-years, post-obsessing-about-food-every-minute-of-every-day, and life is different. It really is. I still struggle sometimes, but I can honestly say that the tapes are no longer playing. Once in a while I hear a little “commercial,” a brief ten-seconder: Are you sure you don't want to lose a little weight? Wouldn't you rather skip that high-fat meal?

2. The person who makes a second to a motion in any formal procedure, such as a parliamentary procedure.

   He's been the seconder on many motions, but I don't think he's ever made a motion himself.

3. (scouting) A Cub Scout serving as a second-in-command to a sixer.

   Synonym: second

4. (climbing) A person who seconds; a person who climbs after the leader

アナグラム

• Cedrones, Creedons, censored, decensor, encoders, necrosed, seed corn, seedcorn