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Definition of Secondary

1. Noun. The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen.

2. Adjective. Being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate. "Secondary streams"

3. Noun. Coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil.

4. Adjective. Inferior in rank or status. "A subordinate functionary"

5. Adjective. Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary. "A secondary infection"

6. Adjective. Not of major importance. "Played a secondary role in world events"

7. Adjective. Belonging to a lower class or rank.

Definition of Secondary

1. a. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

2. n. 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.

Definition of Secondary

1. [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Secondary

1. Second or inferior in order of time, place or importance, derived from or consequent to a primary event or thing. Origin: L. Secundarius, secundus = second This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secondary

second-place finish second-rate second-rater second-sighted second-stability region second-string second-year secondaries secondaries secondarily

secondarily secondarily generalised tonic-clonic seizure secondariness secondarinesses secondary (current term) secondary (current term) secondary abdominal pregnancy secondary adhesion secondary adrenocortical insufficiency secondary aerodontalgia

secondary agammaglobulinaemia secondary alcohol secondary aldosteronism secondary amenorrhea secondary amenorrhoea secondary amine monooxygenase secondary amputation secondary amyloidosis secondary anaesthetic secondary antibody deficiency

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