Definitions for secondary

Definitions for (noun) secondary

Main entry: secondary, secondary coil, secondary winding

Definition: coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil


Main entry: secondary

Definition: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen


Definitions for (adj) secondary

Main entry: secondary

Definition: belonging to a lower class or rank


Main entry: secondary

Definition: not of major importance

Usage: played a secondary role in world events


Main entry: secondary

Definition: being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

Usage: the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher; a secondary source; a secondary issue; secondary streams


Main entry: secondary

Definition: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

Usage: a secondary infection


Main entry: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, subaltern, secondary, petty

Definition: inferior in rank or status

Usage: the junior faculty; a lowly corporal; petty officialdom; a subordinate functionary


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