secondary

Meaning of secondary

noun
  1. Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
  2. An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
  3. The defensive backs.
  4. An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
  5. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
    the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London
  6. A secondary circle.
  7. A satellite.
  8. A secondary school.
    There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils.
  9. Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
adjective
  1. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
  2. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body
    the work of secondary hands
  3. Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals
  4. Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
  5. Developed by pressure or other causes.
    secondary cleavage
  6. Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
  7. Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
    Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
  8. Of less than primary importance.
    a secondary issue
  9. Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
  10. Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
  11. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
    Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.
  12. Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.

Information about secondary

  • The plural form of secondary is: secondaries.
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Hyphenation of secondary

sec-ondary

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • secondary is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

secondary synonyms

Meaning junior-grade:

inferior, lowly, petty, subaltern, subordinate

Translation of secondary

Words that rhyme with secondary

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