secondary : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the basic level of a subject taken in school
  O level; GCSE.
  

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• . See the Note under Accent, n., 1.

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• . (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the Tertiary. See Mesozoic, and Note under Age, n., 8.

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• (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols which contain the radical CH.OH united with two hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols form ketones.

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• noun cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated
  

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• (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided.

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• (Opt.), any line which passes through the optical center of a lens but not through the centers of curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes through the center of curvature but not through the center of the mirror.

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• . (Elec.) See under Battery, n., 4.

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• noun a cell that can be recharged
  storage cell.
  

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• noun armed forces censorship of the personal communications of officers or civilian employees or enlisted personnel not subject to primary censorship
  

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• (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle passes through the poles of another great circle and is therefore perpendicular to its plane.

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• (Elec.), a circuit or coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the primary circuit or coil.

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• noun coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
  secondary coil; secondary.
  

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• a color formed by mixing any two primary colors in equal proportions.

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• (Zoöl.), the longer coverts which overlie the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See Illust. under Bird.

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• (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the primary forms.

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• (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also at the end of the passage of the primary current.

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• noun dentition of permanent teeth
  

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• noun the diagonal of a square matrix running from the lower left entry to the upper right entry
  

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• noun painful menstruation that is caused by some specific disorder (as endometriosis)
  

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• noun education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school
  

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• noun the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons
  

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• that which is admitted upon failure to obtain the primary or best evidence.

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• (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the eruption in smallpox.

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• (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased.

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• noun hypertension that is secondary to another disease
  

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• noun a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
  

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• . (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.

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• those qualities of bodies which are not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for their development and intensity on the organism of the percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc.

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• (Zoöl.), the quill feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a row continuous with the primaries; called also secondaries. See Illust. of Bird.

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• (Geol.), those lying between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see Primary rocks, under Primary); later restricted to strata of the Mesozoic age, and at but little used.

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• noun a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
  middle school; lycee; Gymnasium; lyceum.
  

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• noun the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
  secondary sex character; secondary sex characteristic.
  

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• noun the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
  secondary sex character; secondary sex characteristic.
  

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• noun the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
  secondary sex character; secondary sex characteristic.
  

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• noun a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer
  external storage; auxiliary storage.
  

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• noun the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane
  

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• (Med.), the second stage of syphilis, including the period from the first development of constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the internal organs become involved.

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• any subdued tint, as gray.

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• (Surg.), the union of wounds after suppuration; union by the second intention.

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• noun coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
  secondary coil; secondary.
  

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