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sec⋅ond⋅ar⋅y

  [sek-uhn-der-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
2. belonging or pertaining to a second order, division, stage, period, rank, grade, etc.
3. derived or derivative; not primary or original: secondary sources of historical research.
4. of minor or lesser importance; subordinate; auxiliary.
5. of or pertaining to secondary schools.
6. Chemistry.
a. involving or obtained by the replacement of two atoms or groups.
b. noting or containing a carbon atom united to two other carbon atoms in a chain or ring molecule.
7. Electricity. noting or pertaining to the current induced by a primary winding or to the winding in which the current is induced in an induction coil, transformer, or the like.
8. Geology. noting or pertaining to a mineral produced from another mineral by decay, alteration, or the like.
9. Grammar.
a. derived.
b. derived from a word that is itself a derived word: a secondary derivative.
c. having reference to past time; noting or pertaining to a past tense: the Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit secondary tenses. Compare primary (def. 13).
10. Ornithology. pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers on the second segment of a bird's wing.
11. Linguistics. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a secondary accent: secondary stress.
–noun
12. a person or thing that is secondary.
13. a subordinate, assistant, deputy, or agent.
14. Electricity. a winding in a transformer or the like in which a current is induced by a primary winding.
15. Ornithology. a secondary feather.
16. Football. the defensive unit that lines up behind the linemen.
17. Linguistics. secondary accent.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L secundārius. See second 1 , -ary

Related forms:
sec⋅ond⋅ar⋅i⋅ly  [sek-uhn-der-uh-lee, sek-uhn-dair-] , adverb
sec⋅ond⋅ar⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
4. alternate, subsidiary, backup.
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sec·ond·ar·y   (sěk'ən-děr'ē)   
adj.  
    1. Of the second rank; not primary.
    2. Inferior.
    3. Minor; lesser.
  2. Derived from what is primary or original: a secondary source; a secondary infection.
  3. Of, relating to, or being the shorter flight feathers projecting along the inner edge of a bird's wing.
  4. Electricity Having an induced current that is generated by an inductively coupled primary. Used of a circuit or coil.
  5. Chemistry Characterized or formed by replacement of two atoms or radicals within a molecule. Used of a compound.
  6. Geology Produced from another mineral by decay or alteration.
  7. Of or relating to a secondary school: secondary education.
  8. Of or relating to a secondary color or colors.
  9. Being a degree of health care intermediate between that offered in a physician's office and that available at a research hospital, as the care typically offered at a clinic or community hospital.
  10. Botany Of, relating to, or derived from a lateral meristem, especially a cambium.
n.   pl. sec·ond·ar·ies
  1. One that acts in an auxiliary, subordinate, or inferior capacity.
  2. One of the shorter flight feathers projecting along the inner edge of a bird's wing.
  3. Electricity A coil or circuit having an induced current.
    1. Astronomy A celestial body that revolves around another; a satellite.
    2. The dimmer star of a binary star system.
  5. A secondary color.
  6. Football The defensive backfield.
sec'ond·ar'i·ly (-dâr'ə-lē) adv., sec'ond·ar'i·ness n.
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Secondarily

Sec"ond*a*ri*ly\, adv. 1. In a secondary manner or degree.

2. Secondly; in the second place. [Obs.]

God hath set some in the church, first apostels, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. --1 Cor. xii. 28.
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