Synonyms: secondary, secondary coil, secondary winding
Definition: coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
Similar words: coil
Definition: reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
Synonyms: secondary
Definition: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
Similar words: formation
Definition: an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
Usage: a defensive formation; a formation of planes
Synonyms: secondary
Definition: belonging to a lower class or rank
Similar words: subordinate, low-level
Definition: lower in rank or importance
Synonyms: secondary
Definition: not of major importance
Usage: played a secondary role in world events
Similar words: minor
Definition: of lesser importance or stature or rank
Usage: a minor poet; had a minor part in the play; a minor official; many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen; minor back roads
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: alternate, alternative, substitute
Definition: serving or used in place of another
Usage: an alternative plan
Similar words: subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary, auxiliary
Definition: functioning in a supporting capacity
Usage: the main library and its auxiliary branches
Similar words: collateral
Definition: accompany, concomitant
Usage: collateral target damage from a bombing run
Similar words: indirect
Definition: not as a direct effect or consequence
Usage: indirect benefits; an indirect advantage
Similar words: secondhand
Definition: derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
Usage: a secondhand report; a secondhand account of a memory of something once read; most of our knowledge is secondhand
Similar words: second-string
Definition: being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team
Usage: a second-string pitcher
Similar words: standby
Definition: ready for emergency use
Usage: a standby generator; a standby crew
Similar words: thirdhand
Definition: derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps
Usage: a thirdhand report
Similar words: tributary
Definition: (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream
Similar words: substitute, utility
Definition: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
Usage: a utility infielder
Similar words: vicarious
Definition: experienced at secondhand
Usage: read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement
Synonyms: secondary
Definition: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
Usage: a secondary infection
Similar words: incident, incidental
Definition: (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
Usage: incidental expenses; the road will bring other incidental advantages; extra duties incidental to the job; labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion; confusion incidental to a quick change
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: junior
Definition: younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service