Secondariness

sec·ond·ar·y  (skn-dr)

adj.

1.

a. Of the second rank; not primary.

b. Inferior.

c. 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.

4.

a. Astronomy A celestial body that revolves around another; a satellite.

b. The dimmer star of a binary star system.

5. A secondary color.

6. Football The defensive backfield.

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second·ari·ly (-dâr-l) adv.

second·ari·ness n.