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secondary- (adjective)
- Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
- Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
- 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.
- Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteration 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.
- Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
- 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.
- Of less than primary importance.
- {{quote-book|title=Pioneers and Homemakers: Jewish Women in Pre-state Israel|page=227|author=Deborah Bernstein|year=1992|passage=the problem of sexual equality became even more secondary than before in the eyes of the kibbutz and of its women members.
- (noun)
- Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.