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secondary

/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/ /ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi/

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noun

Secondaire

Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.

Examples :

"The bird's secondary feathers are essential for its flight. "

Les secondaires de l'oiseau sont essentielles pour son vol.

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noun

Émission secondaire

An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.

Examples :

"The company announced a secondary to raise more capital for expansion. "

La société a annoncé une émission secondaire pour lever plus de capitaux pour son expansion.

business finance economy

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noun

Les defensive backs

The defensive backs.

Examples :

"The secondary on the football team practiced their tackling drills every afternoon. "

Les defensive backs de l'équipe de football s'entraînaient à leurs exercices de tacle tous les après-midi.

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noun

Bobine secondaire

An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar

Examples :

"The secondary coil in the transformer delivers the lower voltage needed for the household lights. "

La bobine secondaire du transformateur fournit la basse tension nécessaire pour les lumières domestiques.

electronics physics technical machine energy

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noun

Second, suppléant

One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.

Examples :

"the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London"

Le second, ou sous-shérif, de la ville de Londres.

position job organization

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noun

Cercle secondaire

A secondary circle.

Examples :

"The teacher drew a secondary circle around the main point on the whiteboard. "

Le professeur a dessiné un cercle secondaire autour du point principal sur le tableau blanc.

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noun

Satellite

Examples :

"The satellite dish is a secondary antenna for the television. "

L'antenne parabolique est une antenne secondaire pour la télévision.

astronomy space

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noun

École secondaire

A secondary school.

Examples :

"There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils."

Il y a quatre écoles secondaires dans ce district, chacune comptant plusieurs milliers d'élèves.

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noun

Secondaire, chose de moindre importance

Anything secondary or of lesser importance.

Examples :

"My sister's hobby is a secondary interest; her main focus is her studies. "

Le passe-temps de ma sœur est une chose de moindre importance ; son objectif principal est ses études.

value aspect thing

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adjective

Secondaire, subsidiaire

Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.

Examples :

"My secondary goal after finishing my degree is to travel the world. "

Mon objectif secondaire après avoir terminé mes études est de voyager à travers le monde.

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adjective

Secondaire, délégué

Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body

Examples :

"the work of secondary hands"

Le travail de personnes déléguées.

politics government

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adjective

Secondaire

Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals

Examples :

"The chemist synthesized a secondary alcohol from a parent compound. "

Le chimiste a synthétisé un alcool secondaire à partir d'un composé parent.

compound chemistry substance

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adjective

Secondaire, d'altération

Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass.

Examples :

"The painted, secondary layer of the rock wall was added after the initial stone structure was built. "

La couche secondaire peinte du mur de roche a été ajoutée après la construction de la structure en pierre initiale.

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adjective

Secondaire, développé par la pression ou d'autres causes

Developed by pressure or other causes.

Examples :

"secondary cleavage"

Clivage secondaire

outcome process condition

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adjective

Relatif à la deuxième articulation de l'aile d'un oiseau

Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

Examples :

"The bird's secondary feathers are damaged, making it difficult for her to fly. "

Les rémiges secondaires de l'oiseau sont endommagées, ce qui l'empêche de voler facilement.

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adjective

Secondaire

Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.

Examples :

"The fever was a secondary symptom of the flu, appearing after the initial chills and aches. "

La fièvre était un symptôme secondaire de la grippe, apparaissant après les premiers frissons et douleurs.

medicine disease

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adjective

Secondaire, d'importance moindre

Of less than primary importance.

Examples :

"a secondary issue"

Une question secondaire.

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adjective

Secondaire

Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.

Examples :

"My brother is in secondary school, studying for his GCSEs. "

Mon frère est au collège, il prépare ses GCSE.

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adjective

Secondaire, de transformation

Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.

Examples :

"The secondary industry in our town produces furniture from wood. "

L'industrie de transformation de notre ville fabrique des meubles à partir de bois.

industry economy business

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adjective

Secondaire, composé

(of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.

Examples :

"Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color."

Le jaune est une couleur de lumière secondaire, bien qu'il s'agisse d'une couleur CMJN primaire.

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adjective

Régressif, de retour à un état ancestral

Representing a reversion to an ancestral state.

Examples :

"The child's fearfulness, a secondary trait compared to his usual boldness, was a reversion to a more anxious state of his childhood self. "

La peur de l'enfant, un trait régressif par rapport à son audace habituelle, était un retour à un état plus anxieux de son moi enfantin.

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