English Dictionary

secondary

/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/

adj

Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc. / Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body

He is studying in a secondary school.

意味（1）

Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.

意味（2）

Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body

the work of secondary hands

意味（3）

(organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals

意味（4）

(geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.

意味（5）

(geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.

secondary cleavage

意味（6）

(anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

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(medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.

Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.

意味（8）

Of less than primary importance.

a secondary issue

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(education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.

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(manufacturing) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.

意味（11）

(of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.

Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.

意味（12）

(taxonomy, not comparable) Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.

With the exception of a secondary loss in Dimecoenia, larvae of Ephydrini have prominent, ventral prolegs that bear crochets.