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secondary industry

n. (context economics English) An industry that processes raw materials produced by primary industry into goods suitable for tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.

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But the weapons were mostly used for harvesting, rather than destruction, for over the centuries a secondary industry for Gutien and Nan had been built on the collection of debris between the rings and the refinement of metals, mostly iron, aluminum, and indium.