Secondaryadjective
Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
Secondaryadjective
Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body
Secondaryadjective
(organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals
Secondaryadjective
(geology) produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass
Secondaryadjective
(geology) developed by pressure or other causes.
Secondaryadjective
(anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
Secondaryadjective
(medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
Secondaryadjective
Of less than primary importance.
Secondaryadjective
(education) related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of 11 and 18
Secondaryadjective
(industry) relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
Secondaryadjective
(of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
Secondarynoun
(ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
Secondarynoun
(finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
Secondarynoun
The defensive backs.
Secondarynoun
(electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
Secondarynoun
One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
Secondarynoun
(astronomy) A secondary circle.
Secondarynoun
(astronomy) A satellite.
Secondarynoun
(education) A secondary school.
Secondarynoun
Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
Secondaryadjective
Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
Secondaryadjective
Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
Secondaryadjective
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.
Secondaryadjective
Subsequent in origin; - said of minerals produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.
Secondaryadjective
Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
Secondaryadjective
Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
Secondarynoun
One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate or deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.
Secondarynoun
A secondary circle.
Secondarynoun
A secondary quill.
Secondarynoun
the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
Secondarynoun
coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
Secondaryadjective
of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate;
Secondaryadjective
inferior in rank or status;
Secondaryadjective
depending on or incidental to what is original or primary;
Secondaryadjective
not of major importance;
Secondaryadjective
belonging to a lower class or rank
Secondarilyadverb
With lesser importance.
Secondarilyadverb
In a secondary manner or degree.
Secondarilyadverb
(obsolete) Secondly; in the second place.
Secondarilyadverb
In a secondary manner or degree.
Secondarilyadverb
Secondly; in the second place.
Secondarilyadverb
of secondary import;