Secondary vs Breeder - What's the difference?
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Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Compare primary.
(geology) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteration 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.
(zootomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
(medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever; or occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
Of less than primary importance.
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(of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
(ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
(finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
(American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
(electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar
One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
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(astronomy) A secondary circle.
(astronomy) A satellite.
(Webster 1913)
A person who breeds plants or animals professionally.
(gay slang, derogatory) A heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding.
A type of nuclear reactor that creates material suitable for the production of atomic weapons. (See Wikipedia's article on s.)
(slang, derogatory) a person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children.
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(cellular automata) A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern.
As nouns the difference between secondary and breeder
is that secondary is Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.breeder is a person who breeds plants or animals professionally.As an adjective secondary
is succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.secondary
English
(wikipedia secondary)Adjective
(en adjective)- Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.
Coordinate terms
(terms coordinate to secondary) * primary (1) * tertiary (3) * quaternary (4) * quinary (5) * senary (6) * septenary (7) * octonary (8) * nonary (9) * denary (10) * duodenary (12) * vigenary (20)Noun
(secondaries)- the secondary , or undersheriff, of the city of London
- Old Escalus is thy secondary .
breeder
English
(wikipedia breeder)Noun
(en noun)- Since the breeders started coming here, you can never tell who likes cock.
- The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders'; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand ' breeders .
