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secondary
has definitions from the fields of physics,sport,american football,education
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[ adjective ] of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
Examples "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher" "a secondary source" "a secondary issue" "secondary streams" Used in print (The New York Times,...)Their secondary hero is another pro , Willie_Chisholm , who drank his lunch during another Open and tried to blast his way out of a rock strewn gully . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)There may be a number of secondary effects resulting from diffusion through buildings such_as widespread contamination of kitchens , restaurants , food stores , hospitals , etc. . The secondary consequences from this could be very serious and must be taken into consideration in planning for defense . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)It is characterized by the presence of incompletely developed secondary lobules ; well defined , but haphazardly arranged , interlobular septa and a thick , remarkably vascular pleura ( fig. 9 ) . In this instance , because of incomplete septation , the secondary lobule does not constitute in itself what appears to be a small individual lung as in type 1 , . |
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[ noun ] (sport,american football) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
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[ adjective ] not of major importance
Examples "played a secondary role in world events" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] belonging to a lower class or rank
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[ adjective ] depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
Examples "a secondary infection" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (education) of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate
Synonyms Examples "secondary school" "high school" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] inferior in rank or status
Examples "the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] inferior in rank or status
Examples "the junior faculty" "a lowly corporal" "petty officialdom" "a subordinate functionary" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (physics) coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
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