secondary

secondary
adjective
1) (coming after, and at a more advanced level than, primary: secondary education.) sekundær-, etter-; videregående
2) (lesser in importance: a matter of secondary importance.) underordnet, mindre
I
subst. \/ˈsek(ə)nd(ə)rɪ\/
1) noe sekundært, noe mindre vesentlig
2) noe som er en følge av noe annet
3) vikar, stedfortreder
4) (amer. fotball) spiller i annen forsvarsrekke
5) (kirke) underordnet prest
6) (grammatikk) adledd, tillegg
7) (meteorologi) sekundært lavtrykksområde
8) (meteorologi) sekundær syklon
9) (astronomi) biplanet, satellitt, drabant
10) (geologi) sekundær formasjon
secondary feather (anatomi) flygefjær på en fuglevinges andre ledd
II
adj. \/ˈsek(ə)nd(ə)rɪ\/
1) sekundær, sekundær-, bi- (som følger av noe annet)
2) underordnet, andrehånds-, bi-, mindre vesentlig, mindre viktig, uvesentlig
be secondary to være mindre viktig enn
• reading fast is secondary to reading well
det er viktigere å lese godt enn å lese fort
of secondary importance av underordnet betydning
secondary colour sekundærfarge
secondary current sekundærstrøm
secondary sexual characteristics eller secondary sexual characters sekundære kjønnskarakterer (trekk som vedrører legemsbygning e.l.)

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