secondary

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adjective
Comparative
more secondary
Superlative
most secondary
  1. 1.

    (not comparable, usually)Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.

  2. 2.

    (not comparable, usually)Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.

    the work of secondary hands

  3. 3.

    (not comparable, usually)(organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.

  4. 4.

    (not comparable, usually)(geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.

  5. 5.

    (not comparable, usually)(geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.

    secondary cleavage

  6. 6.

    (not comparable, usually)(anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

  7. 7.

    (not comparable, usually)(medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.

    Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.

    the secondary symptoms of syphilis

  8. 8.

    (not comparable, usually)Of less than primary importance.

    a secondary issue

    Đồng nghĩa: associate

  9. 9.

    (not comparable, usually)(education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.

  10. 10.

    (not comparable, usually)(manufacturing) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.

  11. 11.

    (not comparable, usually)(of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.

    Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.

  12. 12.

    (not comparable, usually)(taxonomy, not comparable) Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.

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noun
Plural noun:
secondaries
  1. 1.

    (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.

  2. 2.

    (aviation) A radar return generated by the response of an aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar installation, containing additional encoded identification and situational data not available from a simple primary return.

  3. 3.

    (military) The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when imploded as an indirect result of the fission explosion of the primary, and which, in a few extremely large weapons, itself implodes a fusion tertiary.

  4. 4.

    (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.

  5. 5.

    (Canadian)(American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.

  6. 6.

    (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.

  7. 7.

    One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.

    the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London

  8. 8.

    (astronomy) A secondary circle.

  9. 9.

    (astronomy) A satellite.

  10. 10.

    (education) A secondary school.

    There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils.

  11. 11.

    (abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of secondary colour.

  12. 12.

    Anything secondary or of lesser importance.

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From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius (of the second class or quality), from secundus (whence the second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary), equivalent to second + -ary; compare the secondaire, the secondario, the secundari, the secundario, and the secundario.

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