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sec·co

(sĕk′ō)
n. pl. sec·cos
The art or an example of painting on dry plaster.
adj. Music
Of or being a kind of recitative in which the words are sung rapidly to minimal accompaniment, usually just continuo.

[Italian, from Latin siccus, dry.]
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secco

(ˈsɛkəʊ)
n, pl -cos
1. (Art Terms) wall painting done on dried plaster with tempera or pigments ground in limewater. Compare fresco
2. (Art Terms) any wall painting other than true fresco
[C19: from Italian: dry, from Latin siccus]
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References in classic literature ?
1640 Father Secchi saw one in a cemetery near Florence and frightened it away with the sign of the cross.
The constellations alone claimed all their attention; and we must allow that the astronomers Faye, Charconac, and Secchi, never found themselves in circumstances so favorable for their observation.
This On-Time Service further advances innovation, bringing safe and high-quality medical devices to market faster and more efficiently," concluded Secchi.
Danilewicz, D., Moreno, I.B., Ott, P.H., Tavares, M., Azevedo, A.F., Secchi, E.R.
[cm.sup.-1]) Dissolved oxygen 5.55 [+ or -] 0.92 5.88 [+ or -] 0.45 (mg x [L.sup.-1]) Nitrate (mg x 1.07 [+ or -] 0.33 1.67 [+ or -] 0.18 [L.sup.-1]) Nitrite (mg x 0.78 [+ or -] 0.32 0.26 [+ or -] 0.6 [L.sup.-1]) Orthophosphate 2.14 [+ or -] 0.04 1.11 [+ or -] 0.08* (mg x [L.sup.-1]) pH 7.42 [+ or -] 0.29 7.53 [+ or -] 0.53 Secchi (m) 0.55 [+ or -] 0.05 0.72 [+ or -] 0.09 Temperature 28.35 [+ or -] 2.25 28.17 [+ or -] 2.35 ([degrees]C) Total phosphorous 2.31 [+ or -] 0.27 1.5 [+ or -] 0.17* (mg x [L.sup.-1]) Turbidity (NTU) 73.22 [+ or -] 23.49 43.5 [+ or -] 23.78** Variables (unit Tapacura of measurement) Pre-WLF Post-WLF Mean [+ or -] SD Mean [+ or -] SD Conductivity 458.50 [+ or -] 41.03 423.25 [+ or -] 17.63*** ([micro]S .
La composicion del entorno mitico revela los motivos en juego: el objeto final es la Belleza absoluta, presente a traves de Afrodita; observa Secchi que no es un orden causal sino metodico (57), porque, para que la Belleza sea meta, primero debe ser principio y estar dirigiendo el movimiento del alma.
Mean Secchi disk (n = 179) was 3.2 [+ or -] 2.2 m and ranged from 0.3 m in January 2009 to 8.1 m in April 2015 (Table 2).
The Secchi depth is a measurement of water clarity.
The physic-chemical parameters taken from Lake Ardibo Littoral, vegetated and pelagic sites include dissolved oxygen (parts per million), temperature ([degrees]C), conductivity ([micro]s/cm), PH and secchi depth (meters) both in wet and dry season of the year.
Secchi, The ability of ovine whey powder to improve quality of Sardinian bakery products, 2018, http://eprints.uniss.it/11649/1/ SecchLN_The_ability_of_ovine.pdf.
(12) In addition to the customary locational and structural variables, they use Secchi disk readings as an objective measure of water clarity.