Secondary
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:16 pts9 letters
Definition of Secondary
Adjective
- Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
- Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
"the work of secondary hands"
- Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.
- Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.
- Developed by pressure or other causes.
"secondary cleavage"
Noun
- Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
- 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.
- The defensive backs.
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