Alternative spelling of second-rate

(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen.

(UK, military, nautical, historical) A second-rate ship of the line.

(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen.

(UK, military, nautical, historical) A third-rate ship of the line.

(idiomatic) The current standard or usual price, rate, or salary for something.

(computing) A data transfer rate.

(Britain, Royal Navy) A rating who is qualified to perform certain duties of seamanship.

(aeronautics) The rate at which an aircraft can change its roll attitude, typically expressed in degrees per second

(meteorology) The rate of change in an atmospheric variable, especially temperature, with increase of height.