Definition:
- (a.) Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
- (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
- (a.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A secondary circle.
- (n.) A satellite.
- (n.) A secondary quill.
Compare secondary with other words:
recurrence vs. secondary
interpretative vs. secondary
characterless vs. secondary
accordment vs. secondary
expressible vs. secondary
estimate vs. secondary
deuterozooid vs. secondary
clearly vs. secondary
headword vs. secondary
describe vs. secondary
secondary vs. secondly
meaning vs. secondary
glyph vs. secondary
accord vs. secondary
expression vs. secondary
phrase vs. secondary
denote vs. secondary
assent vs. secondary
read vs. secondary
letter vs. secondary
detail vs. secondary
literal vs. secondary
intervenient vs. secondary
byname vs. secondary
outport vs. secondary
secondarily vs. secondary
fallback vs. secondary
secondary vs. subaltern
clear vs. secondary
esteem vs. secondary
secondary vs. tamil
secondary vs. umbellet
ancillary vs. secondary
alt vs. secondary
secondary vs. sidetrack
adjuvant vs. secondary
satellite vs. secondary
deputy vs. secondary
auxiliary vs. secondary
delegate vs. secondary
secondary vs. subordinate
secondary vs. stock
secondary vs. ulna
duodenary vs. secondary
denary vs. secondary
octonary vs. secondary
secondary vs. senary
secondary vs. septenary
quinary vs. secondary
quaternary vs. secondary
secondary vs. tertiary
mix vs. secondary
color vs. secondary
secondary vs. subsidiary
prime vs. secondary
petty vs. secondary
breeder vs. secondary
school vs. secondary
effect vs. secondary
adjunct vs. secondary
secondary vs. tree
primary vs. secondary
second vs. secondary
load vs. secondary