noun. An old balustrade supported by balusters. An old balustrade supported by balusters. The definition of a balustrade is a railing that is held up by supporting posts.oun. An old balustrade supported by balusters. An old balustrade supported by balusters. The definition of a balustrade is a railing that is held up by supporting posts.
These secondary characteristics are features such as pubic hair, breast development in females, and beards in males. The list below shows some of these characteristic differences between human males and females.econdary sex characteristics are those physical features that allow us to tell males from females, such as breasts on women and beards on men. This differs from primary sex characteristics, or body structures directly concerned with reproduction.
(August 2010) The primary/secondary quality distinction is a conceptual distinction in epistemology and metaphysics, concerning the nature of reality. It is most explicitly articulated by John Locke in his Essay concerning Human Understanding, but earlier thinkers such as Galileo and Descartes made similar distinctions. Primary qualities are thought to be properties of objects that are independent of any observer, such as solidity, extension, motion, number and figure. These characteristics convey facts. They exist in the thing itself, can be determined with certainty, and do not rely on subjective judgments.