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secondary
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secondary
adj.
next after first, second in a series (in rank, importance, etc.); of lesser importance; inferior, subordinate; pertaining to secondary schools; incidental
n.
subordinate, person or thing occupying an auxiliary position; coil in a transformer through which an induced current flows (Electricity)
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Secondary
Secondary is an adjective meaning "second" or "second hand". It may refer to:
- The group of (usually at least four) defensive backs in American football and Canadian football
- An obsolete name for the Mesozoic in geosciences
- The secondary winding, or the electrical or electronic circuit connected to the secondary winding in a transformer
- Secondary emission, the phenomenon where primary incident particles of sufficient energy, when hitting a surface or passing through some material, induce the emission of secondary particles
- Secondary electrons, electrons generated as ionization products
- Secondary color
- Secondary craters are often called "secondaries"
- Secondary consumers in ecology Trophic dynamics
- Secondary dominant in music
- Secondary education
- Secondary school - The type of school at the secondary level of education
- Secondary market, an aftermarket where financial assets are traded
- Secondary market offering
- Secondary mirror, second mirror element/focusing surface in a reflecting telescope
- Secondary neoplasm
- Secondaries, the second-largest group of remiges (wing feathers), which attach to the inner lower arm
- Private equity secondary market, investment in an existing private equity fund or other alternative asset
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secondary
Noun
1. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
(hypernym) formation
(member-holonym) football team, eleven
(member-meronym) back
2. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
(synonym) secondary coil, secondary winding
(hypernym) coil
(part-holonym) transformer
Adjective
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"
(antonym) primary
(similar) alternate, alternative
(see-also) inessential, unessential
2. inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
(synonym) junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), subaltern, subordinate
(similar) junior
3. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"
(similar) incidental, incident
4. not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"
(similar) minor
5. belonging to a lower class or rank
(similar) subordinate, low-level
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secondary
n.
druhořadý; druhotný; vedlejší; středoškolský
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secondary
Przym.
drugorzędny; wtórny
