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   Sec·ond·ar·y

   /ˈsekənˌderē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary: "the plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters" Similar subordinatelesserlowerlower-levelminorperipheralincidentaltangentialmarginalancillarysubsidiarysubservientnonessentialinessentialof little accountunimportantless importantindirectnonprimaryderivedderivativeresultingresultantconcomitantaccompanyingconsequentialcontingentsecondhandalternativespareextraadditionalanotherbackupsupportingrelieffallbacksubstituteauxiliaryalternateOpposite primarycentralprimarydirectprimarymain
   • ▪ relating to education for children from the age of eleven to sixteen or eighteen: British "a secondary school"
   • 2. (of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms.
   • ▪ (chiefly of amines) derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by organic groups.
   • 3. denoting or relating to organisms in a particular community that belong to the second trophic level among its consumers, and consume primary consumers: "when a bear eats a plant-eating rodent, the bear is functioning as a secondary consumer"
   • 4. relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, especially in a transformer: "the primary and secondary coils of the transformer"
   • ▪ having a reversible chemical reaction and therefore able to store energy: "the lead-acid accumulator used in cars consists of secondary cells"
   • 5. former term for Mesozoic

   noun

   • 1. a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer.
   • 2. a secondary feather.
   • 3. the Secondary or Mesozoic era. dated
   • 4. the players in the defensive backfield, or the area these players cover.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class’, from secundus (see second1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. secondariness noun

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   • The meaning of SECONDARY is of second rank, importance, or value. How to use secondary in a sentence.

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   • 1. next after the first in order, rank, or time. 2. not primary or original: secondary sources of historical research. 3. of minor or lesser importance. 4. of or pertaining to secondary schools. 5. Chem. a. involving or obtained by the replacement of two atoms or groups.

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   • , plural sec·ond·ar·ies. a person or thing that is secondary. a subordinate, assistant, deputy, or agent. Electricity. a winding in a transformer or the like in which a current is induced by a primary winding. Ornithology. a secondary feather. Football. the defensive unit that lines up behind the linemen. Linguistics. secondary accent.

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   adjective. 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”. synonyms: inessential, unessential. not basic or fundamental.

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