Definition of Secondary

Adjective: secondary  'se-kun,de-ree [N. Amer], se-kun-d(u-)ree [Brit]

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
   "a secondary corporal";
   - 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

Noun: secondary  'se-kun,de-ree [N. Amer], se-kun-d(u-)ree [Brit]

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

See also:
secondarinesses
seconde

Anagrams containing the word secondary

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