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secondary

/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/

noun

Meaning

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

  • An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.

  • The defensive backs.

  • An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar

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

    "the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London"

  • A secondary circle.

  • A satellite.

  • A secondary school.

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

  • Anything secondary or of lesser importance.

adjective

Meaning

  • Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.

  • Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body

    "the work of secondary hands"

  • Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals

  • Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.

  • Developed by pressure or other causes.

    "secondary cleavage"

  • Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

  • Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.

    "Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever."

  • Of less than primary importance.

    "a secondary issue"

  • Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.

  • Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.

  • (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.

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

  • Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.