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secondary adj 1 being of lesser importance than the principal or primary concern; subordinate. 2 developed from something earlier or original • a secondary infection. 3 said of education: between primary and higher or further, for pupils aged between 11 and 18. 4 electronics said of an electric circuit: having a device that induces current, eg a transformer. Compare primary, tertiary. 5 geol (Secondary) relating to the Mesozoic era.noun (secondaries) 1 a subordinate person or thing. 2 a delegate or deputy. 3 pathol a further malignant tumour in the body at some distance from an original cancer site. 4 a feather growing on the ulna of a bird's wing. 5 electronics the coil or windings of the second stage of a transformer. 6 (the Secondary) the Mesozoic era. secondarily adverb. secondariness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin secundarius.
secondary adj 1 being of lesser importance than the principal or primary concern; subordinate. 2 developed from something earlier or original • a secondary infection. 3 said of education: between primary and higher or further, for pupils aged between 11 and 18. 4 electronics said of an electric circuit: having a device that induces current, eg a transformer. Compare primary, tertiary. 5 geol (Secondary) relating to the Mesozoic era.noun (secondaries) 1 a subordinate person or thing. 2 a delegate or deputy. 3 pathol a further malignant tumour in the body at some distance from an original cancer site. 4 a feather growing on the ulna of a bird's wing. 5 electronics the coil or windings of the second stage of a transformer. 6 (the Secondary) the Mesozoic era. secondarily adverb. secondariness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin secundarius.
secondary adj 1 being of lesser importance than the principal or primary concern; subordinate. 2 developed from something earlier or original • a secondary infection. 3 said of education: between primary and higher or further, for pupils aged between 11 and 18. 4 electronics said of an electric circuit: having a device that induces current, eg a transformer. Compare primary, tertiary. 5 geol (Secondary) relating to the Mesozoic era.noun (secondaries) 1 a subordinate person or thing. 2 a delegate or deputy. 3 pathol a further malignant tumour in the body at some distance from an original cancer site. 4 a feather growing on the ulna of a bird's wing. 5 electronics the coil or windings of the second stage of a transformer. 6 (the Secondary) the Mesozoic era. secondarily adverb. secondariness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin secundarius.
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