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secondary (adjective)
1. Relating to the education of students who have completed primary or elementary school: "Secondary school refers to junior high school and the high school.
2. Not as important or valuable as something else: "That new problem is secondary to the one now facing the students."

"Jayne's health is the most important consideration while the cost of the treatment is of secondary importance."

"Jodie was working at an extra job as a secondary source of income."

"Elma wants another car that's reliable, the color is of secondary consideration."

This entry is located in the following units: -ary (page 11) second-, secund-, secundi- (page 1) sequ-, sequi-, secut-, suit-, -sue (page 4)
(Greek: youth, pubescence, puberty [the period during which the secondary characteristics of maturity begin to develop; by extension, a young man])
Word Entries containing the term: “secondary
ion microprobe, ion probe, secondary ion mass spectrometer, SIMS
An instrument for microscopic chemical analysis, in which a beam of primary ions with an energy in the range 5-20 kilo-electron volts hit a small spot on the surface of a sample with high-energy particles, and positive and negative secondary ions sputtered from the surface are analyzed in a mass spectrometer.
This entry is located in the following unit: ion, ion- + (page 3)
secondary electron, recoil electron
An electron knocked out of its normal habitat by an incident photon or particle.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 100)
secondary ionization
Ions produced by collisions between primary ions or electrons and other atoms in an absorber.
This entry is located in the following unit: ion, ion- + (page 10)
secondary narcissism
In psychoanalysis, the psychic energy or intrest which was once attached to external objects, but that is currently withdrawn from those objects and has been reinvested in one's ego.
This entry is located in the following units: -ism, -ismus (page 52) narciss-, narcis- + (page 1)
secondary prehistory
The time when literate people came in contact with and wrote about nonliterate peoples.
This entry is located in the following unit: histor-, histori- + (page 3)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term: “secondary
secondary battery, secondary cell
Any battery that can be recharged; that is, one which can receive an additional charge after its primary one.
This entry is located in the following unit: Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms + (page 19)