secondary
adj 1: 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" [ant: {primary}]
2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower}, {lower-ranking},
{lowly}, {petty(a)}, {subaltern}, {subordinate}]
3: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary;
"a secondary infection"
4: not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world
events"
5: belonging to a lower class or rank
n 1: the defensive football players who line up behind the
linemen
2: coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current
through the primary coil [syn: {secondary coil}, {secondary
winding}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0