in general, something that acts as second or in subordination to another.

SECONDARY or Secondary, an officer who acts as second or next to the chief officer. Such are the secondaries of the courts of king's bench and common pleas; the secondaries of the compters, who are next the the- riffs of London in each of the two compters; two secondaries of the pipe; secondaries to the remembrancers, &c.

SECONDARY Circles of the Ecliptic are circles of longitude of the stars; or circles which, passing through the poles of the ecliptic, are at right angles to the ecliptic. See CIRCLES of Latitude.

SECONDARY Qualities of Bodies. See METAPHYSICS, No 153.