1. subordinate, person or thing occupying an auxiliary position; coil in a transformer through which an induced current flows (Electricity). next after first, second in a series (in rank, importance, etc.); of lesser importance; inferior, subordinate; pertaining to secondary schools; incidental. secondary\sec"ond*a*ry\ , a. [cf. f. secondaire, l. secundaire. see:
second, a.].
2. suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. wheresoever there is normal right on the one hand, no secondary right can discharge it. two are the radical differences; the secondary differences are as four.
3. acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
4. (chem.) 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.
5. (min.) subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion 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.
6. (zo?l.) pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
7. (med.) 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.secondary accent. see:
the note under accent, n., 1.secondary age. (geol.) the mesozoic age, or age before the tertiary. see:
mesozoic, and note under age, n., 8.secondary alcohol (chem.), any one of a series of alcohols which contain the radical ch.oh united with two hydrocarbon radicals. on oxidation the secondary alcohols form ketones.secondary amputation (surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided.secondary axis (opt.), any line which passes through the optical center of a lens but not through the centers of curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes through the center of curvature but not through the center of the mirror.secondary battery. (elec.) see:
under battery, n., 4.secondary circle (geom. & astron.), a great circle passes through the poles of another great circle and is therefore perpendicular to its plane.secondary circuit,secondary coil (elec.), a circuit or coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the primary circuit or coil.secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary colors in equal proportions.secondary coverts (zo?l.), the longer coverts which overlie the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. see:
illust. under bird.secondary crystal (min.), a crystal derived from one of the primary forms.secondary current (elec.), a momentary current induced in a closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also at the end of the passage of the primary current.secondary evidence, that which is admitted upon failure to obtain the primary or best evidence.secondary fever (med.), a fever coming on in a disease after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the eruption in smallpox.secondary hemorrhage (med.), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased.secondary planet. (astron.) see:
the note under planet.secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for their development and intensity on the organism of the percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc.secondary quills or.
8. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
9. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
10. Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation , in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc.
11. Cf. primary.
12. Subsequent in origin; said of minerals produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass; also of characters of minerals developed by pressure or other causes.
13. Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
14. Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
15. Occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
16. One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate or deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.
17. A secondary circle.
18. A satellite.
19. A secondary quill. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen belonging to a lower class or rank not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events" of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection".
20. 1. If you describe something as secondary, you mean that it is less important than something else. The street erupted in a huge explosion, with secondary explosions in the adjoining buildings The actual damage to the brain cells is secondary to the damage caused to the blood supply.
21. Secondary diseases or infections happen as a result of another disease or infection that has already happened. He had kidney cancer, with secondary tumours in the brain and lungs.
22. Secondary education is given to pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or.
23. Examinations for the GCSE are taken after about five years of secondary education.
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