1. 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" 
2. Inferior in rank or status
   - junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern 
3. Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
   "a secondary infection" 
4. Not of major importance
   "played a secondary role in world events" 
5. Belonging to a lower class or rank

1. The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen 
2. Coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
   - secondary coil, secondary winding

Derived forms: secondaries

See also: alternate, alternative, auxiliary, collateral, incident, incidental, indirect, inessential, junior, low-level, minor, secondarily, secondhand, second-string, standby, subordinate, subsidiary, substitute, supplemental, supplementary, thirdhand, tributary, unessential, unoriginal, utility, vicarious

Type of: coil, formation

Antonym: primary

Part of: eleven, football team, transformer

Encyclopedia: Secondary

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