derived from or depending on what is primary, original, or first
a secondary source
3.
below the first in rank, importance, etc; not of major importance
4. (prenominal)
of or relating to the education of young people between the ages of 11 and 18
secondary education
5.
(of the flight feathers of a bird's wing) growing from the ulna
6.
a.
being the part of an electric circuit, such as a transformer or induction coil, in which a current is induced by a changing current in a neighbouring coil
a secondary coil
b.
(of a current) flowing in such a circuit
Compare primary (sense 7)
7.
(of an industry) involving the manufacture of goods from raw materials
Compare primary (sense 8b), tertiary (sense 2)
8. geology
(of minerals) formed by the alteration of pre-existing minerals
9. chemistry
a.
(of an organic compound) having a functional group attached to a carbon atom that is attached to one hydrogen atom and two other groups
b.
(of an amine) having only two organic groups attached to a nitrogen atom; containing the group NH
c.
(of a salt) derived from a tribasic acid by replacement of two acidic hydrogen atoms with metal atoms or electropositive groups
10. linguistics
a.
derived from a word that is itself a derivation from another word. Thus, lovably comes from lovable and is a secondary derivative from love
b. (of a tense in Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit) another word for historic (sense 3)
nounWord forms: plural-aries
11.
a person or thing that is secondary
12.
a subordinate, deputy, or inferior
13.
a secondary coil, winding, inductance, or current in an electric circuit
14. ornithology
any of the flight feathers that grow from the ulna of a bird's wing
primary (sense 6)
15. astronomy
a celestial body that orbits around a specified primary body
the moon is the secondary of the earth
16. medicine
a cancerous growth in some part of the body away from the site of the original tumour
17. the secondary
18. short for secondary colour
Derived forms
secondarily (ˈsecondarily)
adverb
secondariness (ˈsecondariness)
noun
Examples of 'secondaries' in a sentence
secondaries
There are 513,512 unused places in primary schools and 244,111 in secondaries.
The Sun (2007)
Ten per cent of secondaries were classed as inadequate, down from 13 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Statistics published yesterday show rises across primary and secondaries in permanent and fixed-term exclusions.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Secondaries were spreading and his liver was affected.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
More than one in four secondaries are underperforming compared with one in seven primaries.
The Sun (2017)
Four fifths of the top 200 secondaries are faith schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But expulsions from all schools, including secondaries, fell slightly to 4,570.
The Sun (2014)
Fewer than two third of secondaries have such a system in place.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Even so, determined secondaries buck this trend.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The average is 58,000 for primaries and 225,000 for secondaries.