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: of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate;

"secondary school"; "high school" [syn: {secondary(a)}, {high}]

[ant: {elementary(a)}, {intermediate(a)}]

3: 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}]

4: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary;

"a secondary infection"

5: not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world

events"

6: belonging to a lower class or rank

n 1: the defensive football players who line up behind the

linemen

2: current is induced in the secondary coil by passing a

current through the primary coil [syn: {secondary coil}, {secondary

winding}]