"secondary sector" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: secondary sectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} secondary sector (plural secondary sectors)
  1. (economics) The sector of the economy that principally uses raw materials produced by the primary sector for sale and use by other sectors. Categories (topical): Economics Hyponyms: manufacturing Coordinate_terms: primary sector, tertiary sector Translations (economic sector that uses raw materials and produces manufactured goods): secundaire sector [masculine] (Dutch), industriesector [masculine] (Dutch), jalostussektori (Finnish), jalostus (Finnish), teollisuussektori (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-secondary_sector-en-noun-fwOSmupg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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