Details of word SECONDARY

Definition of secondary

a. - Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
a. - Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
a. - 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.
a. - 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.
a. - Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
a. - Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
n. - 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.
n. - A secondary circle.
n. - A satellite.
n. - A secondary quill.

Word "secondary" contains 9 letters : A C D E N O R S Y

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