A Quick and Simple Dictionary

secondary

1. Adjective.  Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
2. Adjective.  Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
3. Adjective.  Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Compare primary.
4. Adjective.  (geology) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteration 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.
5. Adjective.  (zootomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
6. Adjective.  (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever; or occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
7. Adjective.  Of less than primary importance.
8. Adjective.  (context, of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
9. Noun.  (non-gloss definition, Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.) .
10. Noun.  (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
11. Noun.  (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
12. Noun.  (American football) , (Canadian football) The defensive backs.