Dried coffee seeds (referred to as beans) are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor. Roasted beans are ground and brewed with near boiling water to produce coffee as a beverage. Coffee is slightly acidic and can have a stimulating effect on humans because of its caffeine content.
SECONDARY, construction. That which comes after the first, which is primary: as, the primary law of, nations the secondary law of nations.
secondary stress. 1. Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load. 2. secondary accent. In polysyllables there was a secondary stress on the alternate vowels. The syllables soul, Merman are respectively cases of primary stress, secondary stress, and no-stress. English Verse Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D. In Anglo-Saxon verse the combination of a primary stress, a secondary stress, and an unstressed syllable, is a recognized type.