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secondary industry

secondary industry noun: an industry that processes raw materials produced by primary industry into goods suitable for tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.

Noun

secondary industry (plural secondary industries)

  1. An industry that processes raw materials produced by primary industry into goods suitable for tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.

Forms of secondary industry

pluralsecondary industries

Questions about secondary industry

What does secondary industry mean?
Secondary industry means an industry that processes raw materials produced by primary industry into goods suitable for tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.
What part of speech is secondary industry?
Secondary industry is a noun.
What is the plural of secondary industry?
The plural of secondary industry is secondary industries.

Words near secondary industry in the dictionary

  1. secondary healthcare
  2. secondary hypothermia
  3. secondary immunodeficiencies
  4. secondary immunodeficiency
  5. secondary industries
  6. secondary industry
  7. secondary infection
  8. secondary infections
  9. secondary intention
  10. secondary ion mass spectrometry
  11. secondary legislation

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