secondary

English

/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/, /ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi/

adj
Definitions
  • Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
  • Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body
  • (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals
  • (geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
  • (geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.
  • (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
  • (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
  • Of less than primary importance.
  • (education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
  • (manufacturing) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
  • (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
  • (taxonomy) Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English secundarie derived from Latin secundārius (of the second class quality).

Origin

Latin

secundārius

Gloss

of the second class quality

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