Meaning of the word "secondary stress" in English

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secondary stress

US /ˈsek.ən.der.i ˈstres/
UK /ˈsek.ən.der.i ˈstres/
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Noun

1.

a stress that is weaker than primary stress but stronger than tertiary stress (or unstressed syllables)

Example:
In the word 'elevator', the secondary stress falls on the first syllable 'el'.
Linguists use special symbols to mark secondary stress in phonetic transcriptions.
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