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secondary
ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.
    E.g. the plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters
  • (of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms.
  • denoting or relating to organisms in a particular community that belong to the second trophic level among its consumers, and consume primary consumers.
    E.g. when a bear eats a plant-eating rodent, the bear is functioning as a secondary consumer
  • relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, especially in a transformer.
    E.g. the primary and secondary coils of the transformer
  • former term for Mesozoic.
noun
  • a secondary school.
  • a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer.
  • a secondary feather.
  • the Secondary or Mesozoic era.

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