secondary analysis — Any further analysis of an existing data set which presents interpretations, conclusions, or knowledge additional to, or different from, those presented in the first report on the data collection and its results. Some disciplines, such as… … Dictionary of sociology
Secondary data — In research, Secondary data is collecting and possibly processing data by people other than the researcher in question. Common sources of secondary data for social science include censuses, large surveys, and organizational records (Mintel). In… … Wikipedia
Secondary structure prediction — is a set of techniques in bioinformatics that aim to predict the local secondary structures of proteins and RNA sequences based only on knowledge of their primary structure amino acid or nucleotide sequence, respectively. For proteins, a… … Wikipedia
Secondary dominant — (also applied dominant) is a type of chord used in musical harmony. It refers to a dominant of a degree other than the tonic, with V7/V, the dominant of the dominant, being the most frequently encountered [Kostka, Stefan and Dorothy Payne (2003) … Wikipedia
Secondary liability — Secondary liability, or indirect infringement, arises when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces, or is otherwise responsible for directly infringing acts carried out by another party. The US has statutorily codified secondary… … Wikipedia
Secondary stress — is the weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word; the stronger degree of stress is called primary . The symbol for secondary stress is a short vertical line preceding and at the foot of the stressed syllable: IPA|… … Wikipedia
Secondary education — is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university. Secondary… … Wikipedia
Secondary ion mass spectrometry — Infobox chemical analysis name = Secondary ion mass spectrometry caption =CAMECA IMS3f Magnetic SIMS Instrument acronym = SIMS classification =Mass spectrometry analytes = Solid surfaces, thin films related = Fast atom bombardment… … Wikipedia
Secondary source — In library and information science, historiography and other areas of scholarship, a secondary source [ [http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/primary sources.html Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources, UM Libraries] ] [… … Wikipedia
Secondary structure — In biochemistry and structural biology, secondary structure is the general three dimensional form of local segments of biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids (DNA/RNA). It does not, however, describe specific atomic positions in three… … Wikipedia
Secondary calculus and cohomological physics — In mathematics, secondary calculus is a proposed expansion of classical differential calculus on manifolds, to the space of solutions of a (nonlinear) partial differential equation. It is a sophisticated theory at the level of jet spaces and… … Wikipedia