Secondary

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Secondary is an adjective meaning "second" or "second hand". It may refer to:

• Secondary education
• A secondary consumer in an ecological sense.
• A Secondary dominant in music.
• The Secondary in American football refers to the group of (usually four) defensive backs.
• A Secondary functional group (or usually ion) attached to carbon atom connected to 2 other Carbon atoms in organic chemistry
• Secondaries, the second-largest group of remiges (wing feathers), which attach to the inner lower arm.

[edit] See also

• Primary (1)
• Tertiary (3)
• Quaternary (4)
• Quinary (5)
• Senary (6)
• Septenary (7)
• Octonary (8)
• Nonary (9)
• Denary (10)
• Undenary (11)
• Duodenary (12)
• Tridenary or Tredenary (13)
• Hexadenary (16)
• Vigenary (20)

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