ˈsekəndərɪ adj. & n. --adj. 1
coming after or
next below what is
primary. 2 derived
from or depending on or supplementing what is primary. 3 (of
education, a school, etc.)
for those who have had primary education, usu. from 11 to 18 years. 4 Electr. a (of a
cell or battery) having a reversible
chemical reaction and therefore able to
store energy. b denoting a
device using
electromagnetic induction,
esp. a
transformer. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a secondary
thing. 2 a secondary device or
current. øsecondary
colour the result of mixing
two primary colours. secondary
feather a feather growing from the second
joint of a bird's
wing. secondary picketing the picketing of premises of a firm
not otherwise involved in the
dispute in
question. secondary
planet a
satellite of a planet (cf. primary planet). secondary
sexual characteristics those
distinctive of
one sex but not
directly related to
reproduction. øøsecondarily adv. secondariness n. [ME f. L secundarius (as SECOND(1))]
