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1. (adj.) secondary
next after the first in order, rank, or time.
2. secondary
not primary or original:
secondary sources of historical research.
3. secondary
of minor or lesser importance.
4. secondary
of or pertaining to secondary schools.
5. secondary
Chem.
6. secondary
involving or obtained by the replacement of two atoms or groups.
7. secondary
noting or containing a carbon atom united to two other carbon atoms in a chain or ring molecule.
8. secondary
noting or pertaining to the electrical current induced by a primary winding or to the winding in which the current is induced in an induction coil, transformer, or the like.
9. secondary
derived from a word that is itself a derived word:
a secondary derivative.
10. secondary
(of Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit tenses) having reference to past time.
11. secondary
pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers on the second segment of a bird's wing.
12. (n.) secondary
a person or thing that is secondary.
13. secondary
a subordinate, assistant, deputy, or agent.
14. secondary
a secondary feather.
15. secondary
Football. the defensive unit that lines up behind the linemen.
Etymology: (1905–10)
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1. (noun) secondary
the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
2. (adj) secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
3. (adj) secondary
being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
"the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
4. (adj) junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
5. (adj) secondary
depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
"a secondary infection"
6. (adj) secondary
not of major importance
"played a secondary role in world events"
7. (adj) secondary
belonging to a lower class or rank
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1. (adjective) secondary
less important than the most important things
We believe that profits should be secondary to saving the environment.
2. secondary
coming after sth else
a secondary cancer
3. secondary
relating to education for children between 11 and 18 years of age
secondary studies/education/schools
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1. (adj) secondary
suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate
2. (adj) secondary
acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands
3. (adj) secondary
possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary
4. (adj) secondary
subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes
5. (adj) secondary
pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird
6. (adj) secondary
dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis
7. (noun) secondary
one who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London
8. (noun) secondary
a secondary circle
9. (noun) secondary
a satellite
10. (noun) secondary
a secondary quill
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Sense: coming after, and at a more advanced level than, primary
secondary education.
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 Afrikaans: sekondêr |
 Arabic: ثانَوي |
 Bulgarian: средно образование |
 Brazilian: secundário |
 Czech: druhého stupně, sekundárn |
 German: höher |
 Danish: videregående |
 Greek: δευτεροβάθμιος |
 Spanish: secundario |
 Estonian: kesk(astme)- |
 Farsi: ثانوي |
 Finnish: toisasteinen |
 French: secondaire |
 Hebrew: הַשֵנִי |
 Croatian: sekundarni |
 Hungarian: másodfokú; középfokú |
 Indonesian: menengah |
 Icelandic: framhalds- |
 Italian: secondario |
 Japanese: 中等の |
 Korean: 제2의 |
 Lithuanian: vidurinis |
 Latvian: vidējs |
 Malay: sekunder |
 Dutch: middelbaar |
 Norwegian: sekundær-, etter-; videre |
 Polish: drugi, wyższy, średnie (w |
 Persian: ثانوي |
 Pashto: دوهم، ثانوي: فرعي: منځنى |
 Portuguese: secundário |
 Romanian: secundar |
 Russian: средний |
 Slovak: druhého stupňa |
 Slovenian: srednja (šola) |
 Serbian: srednji |
 Swedish: sekundär |
 Thai: ทุติยภูมิ; มาทีหลัง |
 Turkish: orta |
 Taiwanese: 中等的 |
 Ukrainian: середній; вторинний |
 Urdu: ثانوی |
 Vietnamese: trung học |
 Chinese: 中级的，第二的 |
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