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How to pronounce secondary
Say it like this: /ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does secondary mean?
adjNext in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
“the work of secondary hands”
Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals.
nounAny flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
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 no
The second stage of a multistage thermonuclear weapon, which generates a fusion explosion when imploded as an indirect result of the fission explosion of the primary, and which, in a few extremely lar
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