secondary

Meaning

Adj

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.
3. (not-comparable, usually) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.
4. (not-comparable, usually) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
5. (not-comparable, usually) Developed by pressure or other causes.
6. (not-comparable, usually) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
7. (not-comparable, usually) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
8. (not-comparable, usually) Of less than primary importance.
9. (not-comparable, usually) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
10. (not-comparable, usually) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
11. (not-comparable, usually) Formed by mixing primary colors.
12. (not-comparable, usually) Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.

Noun

1. Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
5. (Canadian) The defensive backs.
6. An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.
7. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
8. A secondary circle.
9. A satellite.
10. A secondary school.
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of secondary colour.
12. Anything secondary or of lesser importance.

Opposite of

idiopathic

Synonyms

subordinate

accessory

minor

auxiliary

incidental

subsidiary

inferior

ancillary

adjunct

unimportant

secondary coil

adventitious

secondary winding

appurtenant

derivative

additional

junior

collateral

lower-ranking

petty

dependent

lowly

junior-grade

underling

supplementary

unessential

side

subaltern

second

2nd

ungraded

inconsiderable

incidental to

beneficial

helping

auxillary

helpful

grading

donkey

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palingenetic

derived

assistant

aided

order

on the side

official

non-essential

deputy

peripheral

next

middling

Translations

secondaire

sekundär

secundario

secundário

secondario

bijkomstig

secundair

nebensächlich

zweitrangig

ikincil

bijbehorend

bijkomend

accessoire

δευτερεύων

zusätzlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: secundarie

Cognate with English: second

Cognate with French: secondaire

Cognate with Italian: secondario

Cognate with Occitan: secundari

Cognate with Portuguese: secundario

Cognate with Spanish: secundario

In summary

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), equivalent to second + -ary; compare the French secondaire, the Italian secondario, the Occitan secundari, the Portuguese secundario, and the Spanish secundario.

Sentences

It is the senior campus of Sydney Secondary College .

He served as Professor of Elementary and Secondary Education .

Delta High School serves the entire district as its lone secondary school .