secondary
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Is secondary a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.not-comparableusually
2. (geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.not-comparableusually
3. (geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.Examples: "secondary cleavage"not-comparableusually
4. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.not-comparableusually
5. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.Examples: "Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever."; "the secondary symptoms of syphilis"Antonyms: idiopathicnot-comparableusually
6. (education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.not-comparableusually
noun (English)
1. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
2. (aviation) A radar return generated by the response of an aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar installation, containing additional encoded identification and situational data not available from a simple primary return.
3. (military) The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when imploded as an indirect result of the fission explosion of the primary, and which, in a few extremely large weapons, itself implodes a fusion tertiary.
4. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
5. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.Canadian
6. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.
Definition source: Wiktionary