Noun | 1. | secondary - the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen |
2. | secondary - coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil Synonyms: secondary coil, secondary winding | |
Adj. | 1. | secondary - 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" Antonyms: primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" |
2. | secondary - inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" | |
3. | secondary - depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection" | |
4. | secondary - not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events" | |
5. | secondary - belonging to a lower class or rank |
SECONDARY, construction. That which comes after the first, which is primary: as, the primary law of, nations the secondary law of nations.
SECONDARY, English law. An officer who is second or next to the chief officer; as secondaries to the prothonotaries of the courts of king's bench, or common pleas; secondary of the remembrancer in the exchequer, &c. Jacob, L. D. h.t.
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