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'

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

[ Syn: secondary coil , secondary winding ]

inferior in rank or status; the junior faculty; a lowly corporal; petty officialdom; a subordinate functionary

[ Syn: junior-grade , lower-ranking , lowly , petty , subaltern ]

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