secondary
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adjective- 1.
(not comparable, usually)Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
- 2.
(not comparable, usually)Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
the work of secondary hands
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(not comparable, usually)(organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.
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(not comparable, usually)(geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
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(not comparable, usually)(geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.
secondary cleavage
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(not comparable, usually)(anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
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(not comparable, usually)(medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
the secondary symptoms of syphilis
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(not comparable, usually)Of less than primary importance.
a secondary issue
Đồng nghĩa: associate
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(not comparable, usually)(education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
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(not comparable, usually)(manufacturing) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
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(not comparable, usually)(of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.
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(not comparable, usually)(taxonomy, not comparable) Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
- 2.
(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.
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(military) 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 weapons, itself implodes a fusion tertiary.
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(finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
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(Canadian)(American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
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(electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.
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One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London
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(astronomy) A secondary circle.
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(astronomy) A satellite.
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(education) A secondary school.
There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils.
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(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of secondary colour.
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Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
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From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius (of the second class or quality), from secundus (whence the second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary), equivalent to second + -ary; compare the secondaire, the secondario, the secundari, the secundario, and the secundario.