Secondary

English Meaning

Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

1. Of the second rank; not primary.
2. Inferior.
3. Minor; lesser.
4. Derived from what is primary or original: a secondary source; a secondary infection.
5. Of, relating to, or being the shorter flight feathers projecting along the inner edge of a bird's wing.
6. Electricity Having an induced current that is generated by an inductively coupled primary. Used of a circuit or coil.
7. Chemistry Characterized or formed by replacement of two atoms or radicals within a molecule. Used of a compound.
8. Geology Produced from another mineral by decay or alteration.
9. Of or relating to a secondary school: secondary education.
10. Of or relating to a secondary color or colors.
11. Being a degree of health care intermediate between that offered in a physician's office and that available at a research hospital, as the care typically offered at a clinic or community hospital.
12. Botany Of, relating to, or derived from a lateral meristem, especially a cambium.
13. One that acts in an auxiliary, subordinate, or inferior capacity.
14. One of the shorter flight feathers projecting along the inner edge of a bird's wing.
15. Electricity A coil or circuit having an induced current.
16. Astronomy A celestial body that revolves around another; a satellite.
17. The dimmer star of a binary star system.
18. A secondary color.
19. Football The defensive backfield.