Dictionary definition · secondary
noun
- the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
adjective
- being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate"the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"
- inferior in rank or status"a lowly corporal"
- depending on or incidental to what is original or primary"a secondary infection"
- not of major importance"played a secondary role in world events"
- belonging to a lower class or rank
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).