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   secondary

   /ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri/

   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-levelminorperipheralincidentaltangentialmarginalancillarysubsidiarysubservientnon-essentialinessentialof little accountunimportantless importantindirectnon-primaryderivedderivativeresultingresultantconcomitantaccompanyingconsequentialcontingentsecond-handalternativespareextraadditionalanotherbackupsupportingrelieffallbacksubstituteauxiliaryalternateOpposite 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 school. British
   • 2. a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer.
   • 3. a secondary feather.
   • 4. the Secondary or Mesozoic era. dated

   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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   SECONDARY definition: 1. less important than related things: 2. developing from something similar that existed earlier…. Learn more.

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     SECONDARY meaning: 1. less important than related things: 2....

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   • Secondary: Catalan Translation

     secondary translate: secundari, secundari. Learn more in the...

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   • Secondary: German Translation

     secondary translate: höher, zweitrangig, höhere Schule....

   • Secondary Colour

     SECONDARY COLOUR definition: one of the three colours –...

   • Secondary: Italian Translation

     SECONDARY translate: secondario, secondario, secondario,...

   • Secondary School

     SECONDARY SCHOOL definition: 1. a school for children...

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   adj. 1. Second or lower in rank or importance; not primary: concerns that are secondary. 2. a. Following what is first in time or sequence: secondary fermentation. b. Of or relating to secondary schools. 3. a. Derived from what is primary or original: literary criticism viewed as secondary to literature itself. b.

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