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secondary Definition

• (a) 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"
• (n) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
• (n) coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
• (s) inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
• (s) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"
• (s) not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"
• (s) belonging to a lower class or rank

secondary Synonyms

• inferior
• junior-grade
• lower
• lower-ranking
• lowly
• petty(a)
• secondary
• secondary coil
• secondary winding
• subaltern
• subordinate