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secondary in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. inferior in rank or status
    "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
    junior-grade  lower-ranking  lowly  petty  secondary  subaltern 
  2. 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"
    secondary 
  3. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
    "a secondary infection"
    secondary 
  4. not of major importance
    "played a secondary role in world events"
    secondary 
  5. belonging to a lower class or rank
    secondary 
noun
  1. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
    secondary coil  secondary winding  secondary 
  2. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
    secondary 
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