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
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