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