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secondary sector

secondary sector noun: the sector of the economy that principally uses raw materials produced by the primary sector for sale and use by other sectors.

Noun

secondary sector (plural secondary sectors)

  1. The sector of the economy that principally uses raw materials produced by the primary sector for sale and use by other sectors.

Forms of secondary sector

pluralsecondary sectors

Questions about secondary sector

What does secondary sector mean?
Secondary sector means the sector of the economy that principally uses raw materials produced by the primary sector for sale and use by other sectors.
What part of speech is secondary sector?
Secondary sector is a noun.
What is the plural of secondary sector?
The plural of secondary sector is secondary sectors.

Words near secondary sector in the dictionary

  1. secondary roots
  2. secondary sanction
  3. secondary sanctions
  4. secondary school
  5. secondary schools
  6. secondary sector
  7. secondary sectors
  8. secondary sex characteristic
  9. secondary sex characteristics
  10. secondary smoking
  11. secondary source

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