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secondary

n. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

secondary coil, secondary winding

n. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

secondary

adj. belonging to a lower class or rank

secondary

adj. not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"

secondary

adj. 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"

secondary

adj. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"

high

adj. of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate: "secondary school"; "high school"

lower, subordinate, inferior, subaltern, petty, lowly, junior-grade, lower-ranking

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

inferior

adj. of or characteristic of low rank or importance

accessory, adjuvant, subsidiary, adjunct, auxiliary, ancillary, appurtenant

adj. furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

small, minor, modest, small-scale

adj. limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

minor

adj. of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"

inferior

adj. of or characteristic of low rank or importance

adjunct, assistant

adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

associate

adj. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"

buck

adj. of the lowest rank in a category: "a buck private"

proxy, deputy

adj. acting as substitute for another

ruled

adj. subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass"

subject, dependent

adj. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

subservient

adj. compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

under

adj. lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary"

small, peanut, little, insignificant

adj. of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

inessential, unessential

adj. not basic or fundamental

unoriginal

adj. not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

parenthetic, parenthetical

adj. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks"

peripheral

adj. related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

side, bye, by

adj. located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch"

supplementary, supplemental

adj. added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"

minor

adj. of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"

younger, jr.

adj. used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr."

primary, primary coil, primary winding

n. coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"

major

adj. of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"

primary

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

first

adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

elementary

adj. of the first stage of education and schools: "elementary school"; "an elementary grammar"

middle, intermediate

adj. between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"

beginning, basic, abecedarian, introductory, basal

adj. serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"

primary

adj. "primary grades"

primary

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

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