secondary
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈsɛkənˌdɛri/
- Specialized
:
bobina secundaria
- The engineer adjusted the settings for the secondary in the transformer to improve efficiency.
Examples
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Now that's what I call a top load heat sink and secondary winding.
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Orbital involvement may cause a loss of vision secondary to pressure effects.
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Soon we can see a flow of gas moving from the narrow part of the secondary toward the primary.
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The combination of a spherical primary and a flat secondary won't produce sharp images.
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17 teachers (12 male and 5 female) who work in public secondary schools in Ankara voluntarily participated in this study.
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In most thermonuclear devices, X-radiation emitted by the primary supplies the energy to implode the secondary.
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The current flows through the secondary coil, generating electricity.
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During the experiment, we measured the output from the secondary coil connected to the primary.
Synonyms
A loop of wire inside a transformer that makes the output current
A coil of wire that gets electric current from a nearby primary coil by magnetic action
Antonyms
- Specialized
A loop of wire where changing electric current makes a magnetic field that creates current in a nearby loop
Compounds
15
2.0
A school for students aged about 11 to 18 that comes after primary school and before college
7
3.0
Schooling after primary school, usually in high school to prepare for work or university
- Specialized
1
3.8
A device like a hard disk or flash drive that keeps data when the computer is off
- Specialized
1
6.5
A physical change during puberty that shows male or female differences and does not help make babies
- Specialized
1
6.8
A body change at puberty that shows sex, like body hair and a deeper voice
An official exam taken by students in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland at about 16
- Specialized
A coil of wire that gets electric current from a nearby primary coil by magnetic action
- Specialized
A line of numbers in a square grid that runs from the bottom left to the top right
- Specialized
Pain during a woman's period caused by another medical problem like endometriosis
- Specialized
A woman who had regular periods but then does not have them anymore
- Formal
The military examines and controls personal letters and calls of soldiers or civilian staff
- Specialized
Electrons that a surface sends out when hit by fast electrons or charged particles
- Specialized
Second stage of an infection causing skin and mouth rashes that can spread to others
- Archaic
A former British school teaching mainly practical and job skills instead of academic subjects
- Specialized
A physical feature that differs between males and females, like body hair or a deep voice
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Secondary comes from Latin secundus meaning 'following', and in a transformer it names the coil that 'follows' the primary coil by receiving the power. That is why the secondary coil gets the current after the primary one.