| ADJECTIVE | all | secondary | being of second rank or importance or value |
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| all | secondary, junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern | inferior in rank or status | |
| all | secondary | depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | |
| all | secondary | not of major importance | |
| all | secondary | belonging to a lower class or rank | |
| NOUN | group | secondary | the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen |
| artifact | secondary, secondary coil, secondary winding | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil |
| Sounds | seh'kahndeh.riy | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | Of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate. | |
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| Narrower | alternate, alternative, substitute | Serving or used in place of another |
| auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary | Functioning in a supporting capacity | |
| collateral | Accompany, concomitant | |
| indirect | not as a direct effect or consequence | |
| second-string | A replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team | |
| secondhand | derived from what is primary or original | |
| standby | Ready for emergency use | |
| thirdhand | derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps | |
| tributary | (of a stream) flowing into a larger / larger stream | |
| utility, substitute | capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | |
| vicarious | Experienced at secondhand | |
| See also | inessential, unessential | not basic or fundamental |
| unoriginal | not original | |
| Opposite | primary | Of first rank or importance or value |
| Spanish | secundario | |
| Catalan | secundari | |
| Adverbs | secondarily | of secondary import / import |
| Meaning | inferior in rank or status. | |
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| Synonyms | junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern | |
| Broader | junior | younger |
| Spanish | inferior, subalterno, subordinado | |
| Catalan | inferior, subaltern, subordinat | |
| Meaning | Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary. | |
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| Example | "a secondary infection" | |
| Broader | incidental, incident | (sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence |
| Spanish | secundario | |
| Catalan | secundari | |
| Meaning | not of major importance. | |
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| Example | "played a secondary role in world events" | |
| Broader | minor | Of lesser importance or stature or rank |
| Spanish | secundario | |
| Meaning | Belonging to a lower class or rank. | |
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| Broader | subordinate, low-level | Lower in rank or importance |
| Spanish | secundario | |
| Meaning | The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen. | |
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| Member of | football team, eleven | A team that plays football |
| Members | back | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage |
| Broader | formation | An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit |
| Meaning | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil. | |
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| Synonyms | secondary coil, secondary winding | |
| Part of | transformer | An electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage |
| Broader | coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
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