Secondary - Definition

adj 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" [ant: primary]
2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
[syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a),
secondary, 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
n 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 [syn: secondary coil, secondary
winding, secondary]