second

1. (n.) The interval between any (sa-k5n'-do par-te'- tone of the scale and the next above to) It.part i to secondo or below. The alto voice or the alto The second part, or second voice^ part. sectioLat.can on is (sek'-shi-6 ka-non'-is) 2. (adj.) Lower in pitch, as a sec- The section of a canon: an operaond string. Of lower rank or import tion first performed by the ancient ance, as second violin, second soprano. second, augmented mathematicians, consisting of the divi- A second or interval of a whole sion of a single string by means of a tone which is increased a half tone movable bridge in order to determine by the sharping of its higher note. the relation musical and pitchntof was inter second ba vals. The instrume made up Low ba , a ba voice, or part, of merely one string and the movable lower in pitch than the first ba . bridge was called a monochord. section