ALL meanings of secondary
sec·ond·ar·y
S s - adjective secondary second in importance 1
- adjective secondary source: derived 1
- adjective secondary relating to secondary school 1
- adjective secondary importance: minor 1
- adjective secondary be of lesser importance than sth 1
- adjective secondary next after the first in order, place, time, etc. 1
- adjective secondary belonging or pertaining to a second order, division, stage, period, rank, grade, etc. 1
- adjective secondary (in scholarly studies) pertaining to or being a derived or derivative account, an evaluation of original data, etc.; not primary or original, as in secondary source; secondary research. 1
- adjective secondary of minor or lesser importance; subordinate; auxiliary. 1
- adjective secondary of or relating to secondary schools. 1
- adjective secondary Chemistry. involving or obtained by the replacement of two atoms or groups. noting or containing a carbon atom united to two other carbon atoms in a chain or ring molecule. 1
- adjective secondary Electricity. noting or pertaining to the current induced by a primary winding or to the winding in which the current is induced in an induction coil, transformer, or the like. 1
- adjective secondary Geology. noting or pertaining to a mineral produced from another mineral by decay, alteration, or the like. 1
- adjective secondary Grammar. (of a derivative) having a root or other unanalyzable element that is itself a word or free form: The word “glazier” is a secondary derivative formed by adding a suffix to “glaze.” The word "debatably" is formed directly from "debatable" and is therefore a secondary derivative from "debate.". having reference to past time; noting or pertaining to a past tense: the Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit secondary tenses. Compare primary (def 13). 1
- adjective secondary Ornithology. pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers on the second segment of a bird's wing. 1
- adjective secondary Linguistics. of, relating to, or characteristic of a secondary accent: secondary stress. 1
- noun plural secondary a person or thing that is secondary. 1
- noun plural secondary a subordinate, assistant, deputy, or agent. 1
- noun plural secondary Electricity. a winding in a transformer or the like in which a current is induced by a primary winding. 1
- noun plural secondary Ornithology. a secondary feather. 1
- noun plural secondary Football. the defensive unit that lines up behind the linemen. 1
- noun plural secondary Linguistics. secondary accent. 1
- adjective secondary If you describe something as secondary, you mean that it is less important than something else. 0
- adjective secondary Secondary diseases or infections happen as a result of another disease or infection that has already happened. 0
- adjective secondary Secondary education is given to pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18. 0
- adjective secondary one grade or step after the first; not primary 0
- adjective secondary derived from or depending on what is primary, original, or first 0
- adjective secondary below the first in rank, importance, etc; not of major importance 0
- adjective secondary of or relating to the education of young people between the ages of 11 and 18 0
- adjective secondary (of the flight feathers of a bird's wing) growing from the ulna 0
- adjective secondary being the part of an electric circuit, such as a transformer or induction coil, in which a current is induced by a changing current in a neighbouring coil 0
- adjective secondary (of a current) flowing in such a circuit 0
- adjective secondary (of an industry) involving the manufacture of goods from raw materials 0
- adjective secondary (of minerals) formed by the alteration of pre-existing minerals 0
- adjective secondary (of an organic compound) having a functional group attached to a carbon atom that is attached to one hydrogen atom and two other groups 0
- adjective secondary (of an amine) having only two organic groups attached to a nitrogen atom; containing the group NH 0
- adjective secondary (of a salt) derived from a tribasic acid by replacement of two acidic hydrogen atoms with metal atoms or electropositive groups 0
- adjective secondary derived from a word that is itself a derivation from another word. Thus, lovably comes from lovable and is a secondary derivative from love 0
- noun secondary a person or thing that is secondary 0
- noun secondary a subordinate, deputy, or inferior 0
- noun secondary a secondary coil, winding, inductance, or current in an electric circuit 0
- noun secondary any of the flight feathers that grow from the ulna of a bird's wing 0
- noun secondary a celestial body that orbits around a specified primary body 0
- noun secondary a cancerous growth in some part of the body away from the site of the original tumour 0
- adjective secondary second, or below the first, in rank, importance, class, place, etc.; subordinate; minor; not primary 0
- adjective secondary derived or resulting from something considered primary or original; dependent; derivative 0
- adjective secondary secondhand; not original 0
- adjective secondary designating colors derived by mixing two primary colors 0
- adjective secondary coming after that which is first in a series of processes, events, stages, etc., as of growth or development 0
- adjective secondary coming next in sequence after the primary or elementary level 0