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Secondary

noun
/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/
Word Frequency: 49.8

Definitions

1.nounAny flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
2.nounAn act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
3.nounThe defensive backs.
4.nounAn inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
5.nounOne who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
"the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London"
6.nounA secondary circle.
7.nounA satellite.
8.nounA secondary school.
"There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils."
9.nounAnything secondary or of lesser importance.
10.adjectiveNext in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
11.adjectiveOriginating from a deputy or delegated person or body
"the work of secondary hands"
12.adjectiveDerived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals
13.adjectiveProduced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
14.adjectiveDeveloped by pressure or other causes.
"secondary cleavage"
15.adjectivePertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
16.adjectiveDependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
"Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever."
17.adjectiveOf less than primary importance.
"a secondary issue"
18.adjectiveRelated to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
19.adjectiveRelating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
20.adjective(of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
"Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color."
21.adjectiveRepresenting a reversion to an ancestral state.

Synonyms

incidentsecondhandalternateindirectalternativesupplementalcollateralsupplementaryutilityincidentalsubsidiaryauxiliary

Rhymes With

extraordinarycontemporarycontrarysanctuarysolitaryarbitrarywaryordinary
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