Secondary
['sek(ə)nd(ə)rɪ] or ['sɛkəndɛri]
Definition
(noun.) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen.
(adj.) belonging to a lower class or rank .
(adj.) not of major importance; 'played a secondary role in world events' .
(adj.) being 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' .
(adj.) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; 'a secondary infection' .
Checked by Lemuel--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
(a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
(a.) 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.
(n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.
(n.) A secondary circle.
(n.) A satellite.
(n.) A secondary quill.
Typed by Jared
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Subordinate, inferior, not primary, not first-rate, not of the first order.
Edited by Dwight
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Subordinate, inferior, minor, unimportant, resultant, induced
ANT:Primary, leading, Important, prominent
Checker: Sherman
Examples
- But these were secondary contributory causes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But I never had any grudge against him, because he was so able in his line, and as long as my part was successful the money with me was a secondary consideration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A mistake, therefore, of right may become a species of immorality; but it is only a secondary one, and is founded on some other, antecedent to it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The addition of the salicylic acid delays secondary fermentation in stock and export beers, which may then be kept for any length of time without becoming unsound or of unpleasant flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But this is a secondary consideration, and dependent on the preceding notions of justice and property. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Acquiring is always secondary, and instrumental to the act of inquiring. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A prominent factor in the electrical art is the _Storage Battery_, Secondary Battery, or Accumulator, as it is variously called. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We could avoid the main line of the retreat by keeping to the secondary roads beyond Udine. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- My being saved from pain is a very secondary consideration. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The high-resistance secondary circuit of an induction coil is located in circuit between the condensing surface and the ground. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Secondary sexual characters are highly variable, and such characters differ much in the species of the same group. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This is a matter of secondary importance, like the principle of transposition which was intimated in the parable of the earthborn men. Plato. The Republic.
- Now the difficulty still remains, how to form an idea of this object or existence, without having recourse to the secondary and sensible qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The rule applies very strongly in the case of secondary sexual characters, when displayed in any unusual manner. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Editor: Lora