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| 1. | [ adjective ] of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate | |
| Examples: | "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher" "a secondary source" "a secondary issue" "secondary streams" |
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| Related terms: | primary alternate second-string auxiliary vicarious secondhand standby tributary utility collateral thirdhand indirect unoriginal inessential | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (sport,american football) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen | |
| Related terms: | formation football_team back | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not of major importance | |
| Examples: | "played a secondary role in world events" |
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| Related terms: | minor | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] belonging to a lower class or rank | |
| Related terms: | subordinate | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | |
| Examples: | "a secondary infection" |
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| Related terms: | incidental | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (education) of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate | |
| Synonyms: | high | |
| Examples: | "secondary school" "high school" |
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| Related terms: | intermediate elementary | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] inferior in rank or status | |
| Synonyms: | lower lowly junior-grade inferior subordinate subaltern petty lower-ranking | |
| Examples: | "the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary" |
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| Related terms: | junior | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] inferior in rank or status | |
| Synonyms: | lower lowly inferior junior-grade subordinate subaltern petty lower-ranking | |
| Examples: | "the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary" |
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| Related terms: | junior | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (physics) coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | |
| Synonyms: | secondary_winding secondary_coil | |
| Related terms: | coil transformer | |
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secondarily second secondly second_gear seconder secondhand secondo second-year second_hand second_wind seasoned second_class second-class second_power second-rater secondment second-rate second_half secondguess second_deck second_best second_base second-best Segundo |
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