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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire L. secundaire See {Second}, a.] 1. Suceeding next in order to the first of second place origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. Wheresoever there is normal right on the one hand, no secondary right can discharge it --L'Estrange. Two are the radical differences; the secondary differences are as four --Bacon. 2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as the work of secondary hands. 3. (Chem.) 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}. 4. (Min.) 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. 5. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird. 6. (Med.) 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. {Secondary accent}. See the Note under {Accent}, n., 1. {Secondary age}. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the Tertiary. See {Mesozoic}, and Note under {Age}, n., 8. {Secondary alcohol} (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. {Secondary amputation} (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided. {Secondary axis} (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. {Secondary battery}. (Elec.) See under {Battery}, n., 4. {Secondary circle} (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle passes through the poles of another great circle and is therefore perpendicular to its plane. {Secondary circuit}, {Secondary coil} (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. {Secondary color}, a color formed by mixing any two primary colors in equal proportions. {Secondary coverts} (Zo["o]l.), the longer coverts which overlie the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See Illust. under {Bird}. {Secondary crystal} (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the primary forms. {Secondary current} (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. {Secondary evidence}, that which is admitted upon failure to obtain the primary or best evidence. {Secondary fever} (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. {Secondary hemorrhage} (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased. {Secondary planet}. (Astron.) See the Note under {Planet}. {Secondary qualities}, 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 {Secondary quills} or {remiges} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. {Secondary rocks} or {strata} (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 {Secondary syphilis} (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. {Secondary tint}, any subdued tint, as gray. {Secondary union} (Surg.), the union of wounds after suppuration; union by the second intention. Syn: Second second-rate; subordinate; inferior. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, n.; pl {Secondaries}. 1. 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. Old Escalus . . . is thy secondary. --Shak. 2. (Astron.) a A secondary circle. b A satellite. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A secondary quill. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reptilian \Rep*til"i*an\ (-an), a. Belonging to the reptiles. {Reptilian age} (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also the {Secondary} or {Mezozoic} age. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use See {Use}, v. t.] 1. The act of employing anything or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon. This Davy serves you for good uses. --Shak. When he framed All things to man's delightful use --Milton. 2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as to have no further use for a book. --Shak. 3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used usefulness; utility. God made two great lights, great for their use To man. --Milton. 'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope. 4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit. Let later age that noble use envy. --Spenser. How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! --Shak. 5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.] O C[ae]sar! these things are beyond all use --Shak. 6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as the Sarum, or Canterbury, use the Hereford use the York use the Roman use etc From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use --Pref. to Book of Common Prayer. 7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.] Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him --Jer. Taylor. 8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF oes, fr L. opus need business, employment, work Cf {Operate}.] (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B. 9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end and afterward drawn down by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging. {Contingent}, or {Springing}, {use} (Law), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. {In use}. a In employment; in customary practice observance. b In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh. {Of no use}, useless; of no advantage. {Of use}, useful; of advantage; profitable. {Out of use}, not in employment. {Resulting use} (Law), a use which being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it after such expiration. {Secondary}, or {Shifting}, {use}, a use which though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. --Blackstone. {Statute of uses} (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession. {To make use of}, {To put to use}, to employ; to derive service from to use From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: secondary adj 1: of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" [ant: {primary}] 2: of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate; "secondary school"; "high school" [syn: {secondary(a)}, {high}] [ant: {elementary(a)}, {intermediate(a)}] 3: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower}, {lower-ranking}, {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}] 4: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection" 5: not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events" 6: belonging to a lower class or rank n 1: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen 2: current is induced in the secondary coil by passing a current through the primary coil [syn: {secondary coil}, {secondary winding}]
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