Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instant; a flash.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Short for split second hands, a stopwatch with two second hands, one beneath the other, one of which may be stopped independently of the other.]
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