secondary
次级,次要的,二级,次级的
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Definitions
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- : next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- : belonging or pertaining to a second order, division, stage, period, rank, grade, etc.
- : dependent on or generated by something more basic; derivative.
- : pertaining to or being a derived or derivative account, an evaluation of original data, etc.; not primary or original, as in secondary source; secondary research.
- : of minor or lesser importance; subordinate; auxiliary.
- : of or relating to secondary schools.
- : Chemistry. involving or obtained by the replacement of two atoms or groups.noting or containing a carbon atom united to two other carbon atoms in a chain or ring molecule.
- : Electricity. noting or pertaining to the current induced by a primary winding or to the winding in which the current is induced in an induction coil, transformer, or the like.
- : Geology. noting or pertaining to a mineral produced from another mineral by decay, alteration, or the like.
- : Grammar. having a root or other unanalyzable element that is itself a word or free form: The word “glazier” is a secondary derivative formed by adding a suffix to “glaze.” The word "debatably" is formed directly from "debatable" and is therefore a secondary derivative from "debate."having reference to past time; noting or pertaining to a past tense: the Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit secondary tenses.Compare primary.
- : Ornithology. pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers on the second segment of a bird's wing.
- : Linguistics. of, relating to, or characteristic of a secondary accent: secondary stress.
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plural sec·ond·ar·ies.
- : a person or thing that is secondary.
- : a subordinate, assistant, deputy, or agent.
- : Electricity. a winding in a transformer or the like in which a current is induced by a primary winding.
- : Ornithology. a secondary feather.
- : Football. the defensive unit that lines up behind the linemen.
- : Linguistics. secondary accent.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Soon they will start producing honey, collecting nectar from nearby plants and holding it in a secondary stomach in order to get it back to the hive.
All the way back in 2011, companies like SecondMarket were seeing nine-figures’ worth of shares being traded on their secondary share platforms.
Instead, the Internet has become our primary mechanism for socializing, rather than a secondary one.
That’s when I came up with the idea for what I like to call my secondary pantry.
Considerable differences still exist in how the various modeling systems are handling the location, evolution and track of the secondary low.
Over the past three years, Michigan has had an average price close to $200 on the secondary market.
He fooled around a lot, and was asked to leave his secondary school.
More importantly, Medicaid served as a secondary insurance to his primary insurance.
The plot of the film runs secondary to the spectacle, and is denser than a TED conference.
The realities with which we are engaged in our daily lives are secondary realities.
(b) In secondary anemia plaques are generally increased, although sometimes decreased.
Severe secondary anemia sometimes gives an identical picture.
The red corpuscles show the changes usual in severe secondary anemia.
The secondary storms of cyclones, such as are above noted, receive the name of tornadoes.
There are many secondary influences of a less important nature which are due to the ocean streams.