The phrase "a secondary component of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not the main part but still plays a role in a larger context or system.
Example: "In the study of ecosystems, water is a secondary component of the overall health of the environment."
Alternatives: "a minor part of" or "a supporting element of".
Although the primary direction of sand transport was along the elongated crests of the bedforms, a secondary component of transverse motion enabled the lateral migration and preferential preservation of lee-slope deposits that arose from a minor oblique component of bedform migration.
Formerly considered as a secondary component of fuel cell, gas diffusion layers (GDLs) have been shown to have a key role in gas transport to the catalyst layers and in water management: in particular, the microporous layer (MPL) deposited on the diffusion substrate has an active part in water distribution in the membrane electrode assembly and in its efficient removal from the cell.
A secondary component of the hack involves using the Leap Motion gesture controller to direct the user to perform atypical hand exercises which are designed to relieve the damaging repetition of typing.
In summary, CN is present in adhesive repairs as a primary component (61% Cypriot and 10% ME collections), and as a secondary component of (a) PVAc repairs (24% Cypriot and 32% ME collections) and (b) acrylic repairs (2% Cypriot and 1% ME collection) (Fig. 10a, b).
Yet while the multicultural influence on digital channels is increasing rapidly, they're often a secondary component of a core marketing campaign.
All three are 4th-magnitude main-sequence stars, with Nu and Omicron being of spectral type A and Zeta being of spectral type F. Nu is a binary star with a secondary component of magnitude 9.3, while Omicron is a Delta Scuti variable with amplitude variations of 0.01 magnitudes.
As a secondary component to the validation of the PROMIS instrument in children with obesity, we sought to evaluate the relationship between parent reported physical activity and PROs.
For now this scaffold material could serve as a basis for a novel scaffold platform which allows incorporation of a secondary component like PMMA for drug-releasing applications.
This brings us to a main finding regarding the secondary component of information, a finding that concerns what Fujiura and Rutkowski-Kmitta label " the economy of communication".
Owing to the relatively small dimensions compared to the main bridge components (girders, piers, abutments, piles), shear keys are normally regarded as secondary component of a bridge structure, and their influences on bridge seismic responses are normally neglected.
Since NADH depletion is an important mediator of the secondary component of mitochondrial depolarisation [1], differences in NADH depletion offer another explanation.
