Secondary

·noun A secondary quill.

II. Secondary ·noun A secondary circle.

III. Secondary ·noun A Satellite.

IV. Secondary ·adj Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

V. Secondary ·adj Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.

VI. Secondary ·adj Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, ·etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

VII. Secondary ·adj Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, ·etc. ·cf. primary.

VIII. Secondary ·noun One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.

IX. Secondary ·adj Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.

X. Secondary ·adj Subsequent in origin;

— said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, ·etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.