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