secondary
Any flight feather attached to the ulna of a birdAny flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
» Tom is a secondary school teacher.
Meaning
11 sensesAny flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
Armschwinge
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.
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.
An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
(Canadian)The defensive backs.
An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.
coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London
A secondary circle.
A satellite.
A secondary school.
There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils.
Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
Examples
138 sentencesTom is a secondary school teacher.
Tom and Mary are secondary school teachers.
"All secondary schools are the same," I thought to myself.
She used to play football for her secondary school football team.
ruРаньше она играла в футбол в команде своей средней школы.
When I was at secondary school, I would get up at six in the morning.
Коли я вчилася у старших класах, я вставала о шостій ранку.
deAls ich in der High School war, stand ich um sechs Uhr morgens auf.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius (“of the second class or quality”),From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius (“of the second class or quality”), from secundus (whence the English second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary), equivalent to second + -ary; compare the French secondaire, the Italian secondario, the Occitan secundari, the Portuguese secundario, and the Spanish secundario.
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Forms
plural: secondaries| Singular | secondary |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil:secondary coilsecondary winding