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  Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire.
     See Second, a.]
     1. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place,
        origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the
        first order or rate.
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              Wheresoever there is moral right on the one hand, no
              secondary right can discharge it.     --L'Estrange.
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              Two are the radical differences; the secondary
              differences are as four.              --Bacon.
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     2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work
        of secondary hands.
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     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.
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     Note: A primary amine has the general formula R.NH2; a
           secondary amine has the general formula R.NH.R',
           where R and R' are alkyl or aryl groups. A primary
           alcohol has the general formula R.CH2.OH; a secondary
           alcohol has the general formula R.CHOH.R'. Tertiary
           amines and alcohols have the general formulas
           R.CR'N.R' and R.CR'OH.R', respectively.
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     4. (Min.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced
        by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of
        the original rock mass; also of characters of minerals (as
        secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other
        causes.
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     5. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a
        bird.
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     6. (Med.)
        (a) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as,
            Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
        (b) Occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the
            secondary symptoms of syphilis.
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     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 that
        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 Secondary 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 Secondary 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 present 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.
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     Syn: Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior.
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  Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, n.; pl. Secondaries.
     1. One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary
        place; a delegate or deputy; one who is second or next to
        the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of
        the city of London.
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              Old Escalus . . . is thy secondary.   --Shak.
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     2. (Astron.)
        (a) A secondary circle.
        (b) A satellite.
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     3. (Zo["o]l.) A secondary quill.
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  Reptilian \Rep*til"i*an\ (-an), a.
     Belonging to the reptiles.
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     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.
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  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.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  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: 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]
       3: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary;
          "a secondary infection"
       4: not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world
          events"
       5: belonging to a lower class or rank
       n 1: the defensive football players who line up behind the
            linemen
       2: coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current
          through the primary coil [syn: secondary coil, secondary
          winding]

  secondary
     Αγγλικά a.
     δευτερεύων

  secondary
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm secundarie)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm secundarie)

  secondary
     a.
     1 Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin,
  rank, etc.
     2 Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body
     3 (lb en organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by
  replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals
     4 (lb en geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to
  the formation of the original rock mass.
     5 (lb en geology) Developed by pressure or other causes.
     6 (lb en anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a
  bird.
     7 (lb en medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or
  occurring in the second stage of a disease.
     8 Of less than primary importance.
     9 (lb en education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling
  between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.
     10 (lb en manufacturing) Relating to the manufacture of goods from
  raw materials.
     11 (lb en of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
     12 (lb en taxonomy not comparable) Representing a reversion to an
  ancestral state.
     n.
     1 (lb en ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna
  (forearm) of a bird.
     2 (lb en aviation) A radar return generated by the response of an
  aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar
  installation, containing additional encoded identification and
  situational data not available from a simple primary return.
     3 (lb en military) The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear
  weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when implosion as an indirect
  result of the fission explosion of the primary, and which, in a few
  extremely large weapons, itself implodes a fusion tertiary.
     4 (lb en finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly
  traded corporation.
     5 (lb en American football Canadian football) The defensive backs.
     6 (lb en electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically
  powered by a primary in a transformer or similar.
     7 One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate
  deputy.
     8 (lb en astronomy) A secondary circle.
     9 (lb en astronomy) A satellite.
     10 (lb en education) A secondary school.
     11 Anything secondary or of lesser importance.

  secondary
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm secundarie)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm secundarie)

  secondary
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm secundarie)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm secundarie)

  secondary
     Englanti a.
     toissijainen, toisarvoinen

  secondary
     Engelska a.
     sekundär, underordnad

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
  sekondêr

  Secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
  ثانوي

  secondary //ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi// 
  1. помощен
  acting by deputation
  2. вторичен
  succeeding first

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/ 
  pomocný

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/ 
  sekundární

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/ 
  podřadný

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/ 
  přídavný

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/ 
  druhotný

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
   [eko] sekundární, druhotný

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/ 
  eilaidd 

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/ 
  eilradd 

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
  unterlagert 
     Synonym: subordinate
  

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
  zweitrangig, sekundär, untergeordnet, nebensächlich 

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
  
  δευτερεύων

  secondary /sekəndriː/
  accessoire, auxiliaire, secondaire

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/ 
  1. अमुख्य
        "Luxury is a secondary thing in the life of every man."
  2. दूसरे क्रम का
        "Petrol is a secondary fuel obtained from crude petroleum."
  3. माध्यमिक
        "The secondary education is a must to achieve success in one's life."

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
  drugi po redu, drugostepen, dupli, pomoćni, sekundaran, sekundarna, sekundarni, sporedan, sporedni, srednje

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
  másodlagos

  secondary //ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi// 
  sekunder
  succeeding first

  secondary //ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ// //ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi// 
  二次的, 二義的, 副次的
  succeeding first

  secondary /sekəndriː/
  antrinis, antraeilis

  secondary /sekəndriː/
  1. bijbehorend, bijkomend, bijkomstig, erbij horend, secundair
  2. ondergeschikt, tweederangs

  secondary /ˈsekəndərɪ/ 
   1.  drugorzędny
   2.  średni

  secondary /sekəndriː/
  secundário

  secondary /sˈɛkəndəɹi/
  1. ikincil, tali, ikinci derecede olan, ikinci gelen
  2. sonraki
  3. (min.) evvelce teşekkül etmiş kaya içinde toplanan taş veya maden kabilinden
  4. (elek.) tali (cereyan)
  5. murahhas, delege
  6. yardımcı, muavin
  7. kuş kanadının ikinci mafsalındaki tüy
  8. (astr.) tali yıldız. secondary accent uzun bir kelimede ikinci derecedeki vurgu. secondary battery (elek.) akümülatör. secondary consideration ikinci derecede önemi olan mesele. secondary education ortaöğretim. secondary rays röntgen ışınları etkisiyle meydana gelen ışınlar. secondary road tali yol. secondary rocks başka kayalardan veya taş ve madenlerden oluşan kaya veya taş. secondary school orta ve lise seviyesinde okul. secondarily  ikinci derecede, ikinci olarak secondariness  ikinci derecede olma.

  
/ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi/

  SECONDARY, English law. An officer who is second or next to the chief 
  officer; as secondaries to the prothonotaries of the courts of king's bench, 
  or common pleas; secondary of the remembrancer in the exchequer, &c. Jacob, 
  L. D. h.t. 
  
  

  SECONDARY, construction. That which comes after the first, which is primary: 
  as, the primary law of, nations the secondary law of nations. 
  
  

  275 Moby Thesaurus words for "secondary":
     Janus-like, Maxwell triangle, Munsell scale, accessory, accident,
     accidental, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, adscititious,
     adventitious, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, alternative,
     ambidextrous, amicus curiae, analogy, ancillary, appendage,
     appurtenance, appurtenant, ascititious, assistant, attorney,
     auxiliary, backup, backup man, bifacial, bifold, biform, bilateral,
     binary, binate, biparous, bivalent, borrowed, casual, champion,
     change, changeling, chromatic circle, chromatic spectrum,
     chromaticity diagram, circumstantial, cog, collateral,
     color circle, color cycle, color index, color mixture curve,
     color solid, color spectrum, color system, color triangle, coming,
     common, commonality, commonalty, comparison, complementary color,
     conduplicate, consequent, contingency, contingent, copied, copy,
     counterfeit, covert, creature, demeaning, demitint, dependent,
     deputy, derivational, derivative, derived, dinky, disadvantaged,
     disomatous, double, double-faced, dual, dummy, duple, duplex,
     duplicate, employee, equal, equivalent, ersatz, eventual, exchange,
     executive officer, exponent, extra, fake, feather, feathers,
     figurehead, fill-in, final, flunky, follower, fortuitous,
     full color, fundamental colors, geminate, geminated, ghost,
     ghostwriter, hackle, half tint, halftone, happenstance, helper,
     hoi polloi, hue cycle, humble, imitated, imitation, in the shade,
     incidental, indirect, inessential, inferior, infra dig,
     insignificant, junior, last, less, lesser, lieutenant, lightweight,
     locum, locum tenens, low, low-priority, lower, lower class,
     lower orders, lowly, mail, makeshift, marginal, masses,
     mere chance, metamer, metaphor, metonymy, minor, mock, modest,
     monochrome, next best thing, no great shakes, nonessential,
     not-self, of no account, of no consequence, of no matter,
     of no significance, ordinary, other, paranymph, pawn, personnel,
     phony, pinch, pinch hitter, pleader, plumage, poor relation,
     primary, primary color, procurator, provisional, proxy, pure color,
     relief, replacement, representative, reserve, reserves, resultant,
     right-hand man, ringer, scrub, second, second fiddle,
     second in command, second rank, second string, secondary color,
     secondhand, servant, servile, sign, small, small-fry, small-time,
     solar spectrum, spare, spares, spectral color, spectrum,
     spectrum color, speculum, stand-in, stopgap, sub, subaltern,
     subject, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary,
     substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, superadded,
     superaddition, superfluous, superseder, supervenient, supplanter,
     supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supporting, supportive,
     surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, temporary, tentative, tertiary,
     tertiary color, third rank, third string, third stringer, token,
     tributary, twin, twinned, two-faced, two-level, two-ply, two-sided,
     two-story, twofold, ultimate, under, underling, underprivileged,
     understrapper, understudy, unessential, unimportant, unoriginal,
     utility, utility man, utility player, vicar, vicar general,
     vicarious, vice, vice-president, vice-regent, vicegerent, vulgar,
     yes-man
  
  

  a. 中级的,中等的;

     a. 次要的,二级的;中级的,第二的;继发性的,第二期的