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Noun
S:
(n)
secondary
(the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen)
S:
(n)
secondary coil
,
secondary winding
,
secondary
(coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
secondary
(being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate)
"the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
S:
(adj)
junior-grade
,
lower-ranking
,
lowly
,
petty
,
secondary
,
subaltern
(inferior in rank or status)
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
S:
(adj)
secondary
(depending on or incidental to what is original or primary)
"a secondary infection"
S:
(adj)
secondary
(not of major importance)
"played a secondary role in world events"
S:
(adj)
secondary
(belonging to a lower class or rank)