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Meaning: The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen Classified under: Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects Hypernyms ("secondary" is a kind of...): formation (an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit) Meronyms (members of "secondary"): back (the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage) Holonyms ("secondary" is a member of...): eleven; football team (a team that plays football)
Meaning: Coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil Classified under: Nouns denoting man-made objects Synonyms: secondary coil; secondary winding; secondary Hypernyms ("secondary" is a kind of...): coil (reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit) Holonyms ("secondary" is a part of...): transformer (an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage)
Meaning: Being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate Context examples: the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher / a secondary source / a secondary issue / secondary streams Similar: standby (ready for emergency use) thirdhand (derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps) tributary (of a stream; flowing into a larger stream) substitute; utility (capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team) vicarious (experienced at secondhand) second-string; substitute (being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team) secondhand (derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand) indirect (not as a direct effect or consequence) collateral (accompany, concomitant) auxiliary; subsidiary; supplemental; supplementary (functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity) alternate; alternative (allowing a choice) Also: unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual) inessential; unessential (not basic or fundamental) Antonym: primary (of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand)
Meaning: Inferior in rank or status Synonyms: subaltern; junior-grade; lower-ranking; petty; lowly; secondary; inferior; subordinate Context examples: the junior faculty / a lowly corporal / petty officialdom / a subordinate functionary Similar: junior (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)
Meaning: Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary Context example: a secondary infection Similar: incident; incidental ((sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence)
Meaning: Not of major importance Context example: played a secondary role in world events Similar: minor (of lesser importance or stature or rank)
Meaning: Belonging to a lower class or rank Similar: low-level; subordinate (lower in rank or importance) "Empty barrels make the most sound." (English proverb) "The young have strength, the old knowledge." (Albanian proverb) "Who does not go with you, go with him." (Arabic proverb) "You're correct, but the goat is mine." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: Definition of back Pronunciation of indirect Definition of unoriginal Pronunciation of junior Definition of low-level
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