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1. an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors (noun.group)

hypernym	:	independent agency,
definition	:	an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments (noun.group)

2. ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	circular function, trigonometric function,
definition	:	function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle (noun.linkdef)

3. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (noun.time)

hypernym	:	time unit, unit of time,
definition	:	a unit for measuring time periods (noun.time)

hyponym	:	leap second,
definition	:	a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation (noun.time)

part holonym	:	millisecond, msec,
definition	:	one thousandth (10^-3) of a second (noun.time)

part meronym	:	min, minute,
definition	:	a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour (noun.time)

4. (of champagne) moderately dry (adj.all)

similar	:	dry,
definition	:	(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation (adj.all)