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secondarily

Variant of secondary

adjective

  1. second, or below the first, in rank, importance, class, place, etc.; subordinate; minor; not primary
    1. derived or resulting from something considered primary or original; dependent; derivative
    2. secondhand; not original: a secondary source of information
    3. designating colors derived by mixing two primary colors
  2. coming after that which is first in a series of processes, events, stages, etc., as of growth or development
  3. coming next in sequence after the primary or elementary level: secondary education
  4. Chem.
    1. formed by the replacement of two atoms or radicals in the molecule: secondary sodium phosphate, NaHPO
    2. characterized by or designating a carbon atom that is directly attached to two other carbon atoms in a closed or open chain
  5. Elec. designating or of an induced current or its circuit in a transformer, induction coil, etc.
  6. Geol. formed as a result of the alteration, disintegration, or erosion of preexisting rocks or minerals
  7. Linguis.
    1. derived from a base that is itself a word, by the addition of a prefix or derivational suffix
    2. designating a form or a process that is historically relatively late; not original
  8. Zool. designating or of the long flight feathers attached to the second joint or segment of a bird's wing

noun pl. secondaries

  1. a person or thing that is secondary, subordinate, or inferior
  2. any of the secondary colors
  3. Elec. an output winding of a transformer from which the power is taken
  4. Football the defensive backfield
  5. Zool. a secondary feather

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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