secondary

1. Being of second rank or importance or value;
   Not direct or immediate (synset 301859389)
   "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
   also:

   • inessential, unessential - not basic or fundamental
   • unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
   similar to:

   • alternate, alternative, substitute - serving or used in place of another
   • auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary - functioning in a supporting capacity
   • collateral - additional but secondary; auxiliary
   • indirect - not as a direct effect or consequence
   • secondhand - derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
   • second-string - being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team
   • 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
2. Inferior in rank or status (synset 302108248)
   "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
   similar to: junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
   same as: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern
3. Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary (synset 301863896)
   "a secondary infection"
   similar to: incident, incidental - (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
4. Not of major importance (synset 301476701)
   "played a secondary role in world events"
   similar to: minor - of lesser importance or stature or rank
5. Belonging to a lower class or rank (synset 300797147)
   similar to: low-level, subordinate - lower in rank or importance

1. The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen (synset 108446856)
   is a type of: formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
   member holonym: back - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
   belongs to: eleven, football team - a team that plays football
2. Coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil (synset 104171063)
   is a type of: coil - reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
   is a part of: transformer - an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage
   same as: secondary coil, secondary winding

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