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SECONDARY

Definition:

1. [noun] the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
   
   
2. [noun] coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
   Synonyms: coil, winding
   
   
3. [adjective] 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"
   
   
4. [adjective] inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
   Synonyms: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern, subordinate
   
   
5. [adjective] depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"
   
   
6. [adjective] not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"
   
   
7. [adjective] belonging to a lower class or rank
   
   

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