meaning of secondary
1. Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc. ; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
3. Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.
4. Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc. ) developed by pressure or other causes.
5. Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
6. Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Brights disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
7. One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.
8. A secondary circle.
9. A satellite.
10. A secondary quill.
11. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
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