What does SECONDARY mean?
Definitions for SECONDARY
ˈsɛk ənˌdɛr isec·onda·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SECONDARY.
Princeton's WordNet
secondarynoun
the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
secondary coil, secondary winding, secondaryadjective
coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
secondaryadjective
being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
"the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subalternadjective
inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
secondaryadjective
depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
"a secondary infection"
secondaryadjective
not of major importance
"played a secondary role in world events"
secondaryadjective
belonging to a lower class or rank
Wiktionary
secondarynoun
Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
secondaryadjective
Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
secondaryadjective
Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
secondaryadjective
Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Compare primary.
secondaryadjective
Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.
secondaryadjective
Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
secondaryadjective
Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever; or occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
secondaryadjective
Of less than primary importance.
secondaryadjective
Formed by mixing primary colors.
Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.
secondarynoun
Any flight feather attached to the ulna of a bird.
secondarynoun
An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
secondarynoun
The defensive backs.
secondarynoun
An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
secondarynoun
One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London
secondarynoun
A secondary circle.
secondarynoun
A satellite.
secondarynoun
A secondary school.
There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils.
secondarynoun
Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
Etymology: From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius ("of the second class or quality"), from secundus (whence the English second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French secondaire, the Italian secondario, the Occitan secundari, the Portuguese secundario, and the Spanish secundario.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SECONDARYadjective
Etymology: secundarius, Latin.
Two are the radical differences: the secondary differences are as four. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
Wheresoever there is moral right on the one hand, no secondary right can discharge it. Roger L'Estrange.
Gravitation is the powerful cement which holds together this magnificent structure of the world, which stretcheth the North over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing, to transfer the words of Job from the first and real cause to the secondary. Richard Bentley.
If the system had been fortuitously formed by the convening matter of a chaos, how is it conceivable that all the planets, both primary and secondary, should revolve the same way from the West to the East, and that in the same plane? Richard Bentley.
That we were form’d then, say’st thou? and the work
Of secondary hands, by task transfer’d
From father to his son? John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. v.As in a watch’s fine machine,
Though many artful springs are seen,
The added movements which declare
How full the moon, how old the year,
Derive their secondary pow’r
From that which simply points the hour. Matthew Prior.Secondarynoun
A delegate; a deputy.
Etymology: from the adjective.
ChatGPT
secondary
Secondary refers to something that is less important than or subsequent to something else. It could also refer to something that is indirectly derived from a primary source or occurring as a secondary process or consequence. In addition, in terms of position, secondary can refer to something that is not first or primary.
Webster Dictionary
Secondaryadjective
suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate
Secondaryadjective
acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands
Secondaryadjective
possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary
Secondaryadjective
subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes
Secondaryadjective
pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird
Secondaryadjective
dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis
Secondarynoun
one who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London
Secondarynoun
a secondary circle
Secondarynoun
a satellite
Secondarynoun
a secondary quill
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SECONDARY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2368
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SECONDARY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3303
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SECONDARY' in Adjectives Frequency: #312
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SECONDARY in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SECONDARY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of SECONDARY in a Sentence
When the first blast took place in the gas cylinder many people collected there to watch and see what had happened. Then there was a secondary blast.
Tamez says even if a scan shows an empty hidden compartment it could pay off down the road. The imager gives us the opportunity to, once we find that compartment, scan it. If its empty we never have to tell the bad guy that we found it and all we can do is start doing our research and putting lookouts on this particular vehicle so we can target it at a later time, said Tamez. Tamezsays it saves his team time, money, and officers lives. The alternative is paying for damages on a vehicle, the alternative is having your officers come in contact with fentanyl and possibly overdosing, theres just so many, so many secondary and tertiaryeffects that are negative that can be avoided with a device like this, said Tamez. IBM DITCHES FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, JOINS CALL FOR POLICE REFORMS Viken is constantly upgrading. Its latest invention, the Osprey-UVX, is an X-ray machine that scans the bottom of moving vehicles.Its expected to roll out later this year at the Laredo and Brownsville ports of entry. Officers will be able to scan a car instantly as it passes through their ports. Security technology company Viken Detection's latest invention is an under vehicle scanner called the Osprey-UVX which can detect hidden items stashed under cars. It's expected to be rolled out at the Southern Texas border later this year. It can scan moving vehicles as they drive over it (Viken Detection) You can stay in your vehicle and you can drive either over or through a portal and you will be able to get a complete image of the vehicle, said Ryan. Within the year Viken Detection hopes to take things even further by trialinga new device that can scanan entire vehicle as it crosses a port of entry. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Our goal is for CBP to go through these demonstrations over the next couple of months and by year-end they will be making their decision and we expect 2021 and beyond to be in installation mode getting these vehicle scanners all the way across the board.
Whether only one secondary market, an entire country or the wider region is impacted is obviously unpredictable and outside of the industry's control.
Secondary units cannot go as long between turnarounds as crude distillation units.
Routers used to be seen as a purely functional device with a bunch of unsightly antennas that you'd hide inside a room, now they're designed to be Apple-esque things that are beautiful to look at. Some of these newfangled WiFi routers are here today ; others are coming soon. We ’ll be putting many of their claims to the test as the devices appear on the market. And we’ve already tested theEeroandGoogle Asus OnHubrouters — which had split results compared to other routers in our labs. Here’s what the newcomers are promising. Probably the biggest complaint among WiFi users is that there are places in the house where wireless signals don't quite reach. There are a number of solutions to this, including the use of WiFi extenders, but these can be a pain to use and they’re not always effective. For one thing, many of them use the same radios for both receiving and sending data, which cuts their throughput, or speed. Most of these repeaters also create a secondary network you must manually log onto during setup. Routers like the Eero and Luma( promised for June) take a different approach. Instead of one box sitting in the middle of your house beaming radio signals in all directions, these companies let you deploy multiple routers that communicate via mesh networking — so the WiFi router in your living room connects to the one in your study, which talks to the one upstairs in the master bedroom, and so on, blanketing your house in WiFi signals. In addition to testing Eero routers in our lab, both as a standalone device and as a three-pack, we installed a set of them in an editor's home, and found that the system largely lived up to its claims for wide coverage and easy setup. Every new generation of router technology is faster than the previous one. Routers that use the current WiFi radio protocol( known as 802.11 ac) can handle more data than those based on the previous protocol( 802.11 n) — and all of the recommended routers in our Ratings adhere to 802.11. ac. The next-generation devices, called.
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- secundari, secundàriaCatalan, Valencian
- sekundærDanish
- sekundärGerman
- δευτερεύωνGreek
- secundarioSpanish
- secondaireFrench
- dàrnach, dàrna ite sgèithScottish Gaelic
- माध्यमिकHindi
- sekunderIndonesian
- 二次的Japanese
- plaatsvervangend, plaatsvervangende, secundairDutch
- secundarRomanian
- вторичныйRussian
- ikincilTurkish
- צווייטיקYiddish
- 次要Chinese
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