secondary
adjective
- 1
belonging to a lower class or rank
- 2
not of major importance
played a secondary role in world events
- 3
being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher
a secondary source
- 4
depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
a secondary infection
- 5
inferior in rank or status
the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
noun
- 1
coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
- 2
the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
Synonyms
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