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Meaning
Adj
●
Next in order to the first or
primary
; of second place in
origin
,
rank
, etc.
●
Originating from a
deputy
or
delegated
person or body.
●
In Organic chemistry & Two:
Derived from a
parent compound
by
replacement
of two
atoms
of
hydrogen
by
organic
radicals.
●
In Geology:
Produced by
alteration
or
deposition
subsequent
to the
formation
of the
original
rock
mass.
●
In Geology:
Developed by
pressure
or other causes.
●
In Anatomy:
Pertaining to the
second joint
of the
wing
of a bird.
●
In Medicine:
Dependent or
consequent
upon another
disease
, or
occurring
in the second
stage
of a
disease
.
●
Of
less than
primary
importance.
●
In Education:
Related to
secondary education
, i.e.
schooling
between the
ages
of (approximately) 11 and 18.
●
In Manufacturing:
Relating to the
manufacture
of
goods
from
raw
materials.
●
Formed by
mixing
primary
colors.
●
In Taxonomy:
Representing a
reversion
to an
ancestral
state.
Noun
●
In Ornithology:
Any
flight feather
attached
to the
ulna
(forearm) of a bird.
●
In Aviation:
A
radar
return
generated
by the
response
of an aircraft's
transponder
to an
interrogation
signal
broadcast
by a
radar
installation
,
containing
additional
encoded
identification
and
situational
data
not available from a
simple
primary
return
.
●
In Military & Nuclear warfare:
The second
stage
of a
multistage
thermonuclear weapon
, which
generates
a
fusion
explosion
when
imploded
as an
indirect
result of the
fission
explosion
of the
primary
, and which, in
a few
extremely
large
weapon
s, itself
implodes
a
fusion
tertiary.
●
In Finance:
An
act
of
issuing
more
stock
by an already
publicly
traded
corporation.
●
In Canadian football & Football (American):
The
defensive
backs.
●
In Electronics:
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.
●
In Astronomy:
A
secondary
circle.
●
In Astronomy:
A satellite.
●
In Education:
A
secondary
school.
●
Short for
secondary
colour.
●
Anything
secondary
or of
lesser
importance.
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