secondary
English
/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/, /ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi/
adj
Definitions
- Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
- Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body
- (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals
- (geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
- (geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
- (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
- Of less than primary importance.
- (education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
- (manufacturing) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
- (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
- (taxonomy) Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English secundarie derived from Latin secundārius (of the second class quality).
Origin
Latin
secundārius
Gloss
of the second class quality
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Secondspace English
- arcsecond English
- attosecond English
- beard-second English
- centimeter-gram-second English
- centisecond English
- circumsecondary English
- decasecond English
- decisecond English
- exasecond English
- femtosecond English
- gigasecond English
- hectosecond English
- intersecond English
- intersecondary English
- kilosecond English
- megasecond English
- meter-kilogram-second English
- meter-tonne-second English
- microsecond English
- millisecond English
- multisecond English
- nanosecond English
- nonsecondary English
- ohnosecond English
- petasecond English
- picosecond English
- planet English
- postsecondary English
- presecondary English
- second English
- second cosmic velocity English
- second-guarder English
- secondable English
- secondarily English
- secondariness English
- secondary planet English
- secondborn English
- secondee English
- seconder English
- secondhanded English
- secondly English
- secondman English
- secondment English
- secondness English
- subsecond English
- supersecondary English
- terasecond English
- yoctosecond English
- yottasecond English
- zeptosecond English
- zettasecond English
- secundarius Latin
- secundārius Latin
- Sekunde German
- postsecondario Italian
- secondariamente Italian
- secondarietà Italian
- secondario Italian
- secundair Dutch, Flemish
- postsecondaire French
- secondaire French
- secondairement French
- secundariamente Spanish, Castilian
- secundario Spanish, Castilian
- secundário Portuguese
- セカンド Japanese
- セコンド Japanese
- secundarie Middle English
- secundarili Middle English
- secunde Middle English
- soicind Irish
- secundari Catalan, Valencian
- सैकंड Hindi
- सैकन्ड Hindi
- secundario Galician
- secundar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- సెకండు Telugu
- စက္ကန့် Burmese
- sekondari Swahili
- sekunde Swahili
- isekhondi Zulu
- seken Chuukese
- second
- planet
- secondee
- seconder
- secondly
- subsecond
- secondman
- arcsecond
- exasecond
- attosecond
- decisecond
- terasecond
- nanosecond
- kilosecond
- secondborn
- megasecond
- ohnosecond
- decasecond
- gigasecond
- secondness
- picosecond
- petasecond
- secondment
- secondable
- femtosecond
- multisecond
- yoctosecond
- microsecond
- intersecond
- secondarily
- hectosecond
- millisecond
- centisecond
- zettasecond
- Secondspace
- zeptosecond
- yottasecond
- presecondary
- beard-second
- nonsecondary
- secondhanded
- postsecondary
- secondariness
- intersecondary
- supersecondary
- second-guarder
- circumsecondary
- secondary planet
- meter-tonne-second
- meter-kilogram-second
- centimeter-gram-second
- second cosmic velocity