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English to English adjective
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being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate |  | Example: the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher
a secondary source
a secondary issue
secondary streams
source: wordnet30
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Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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inferior in rank or status | | Example: the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary
source: wordnet30
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depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | | Example: a secondary infection
source: wordnet30
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not of major importance | | Example: played a secondary role in world events
source: wordnet30
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belonging to a lower class or rank | | source: wordnet30 noun
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the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen | | source: wordnet30
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coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | | source: wordnet30
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One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate or deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London. | | source: webster1913
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