secondary
adjective
[ ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri ]
• coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.
• "the plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters"
Similar:
subordinate,
lesser,
lower,
lower-level,
minor,
peripheral,
incidental,
tangential,
marginal,
ancillary,
subsidiary,
subservient,
non-essential,
inessential,
of little account,
unimportant,
less important,
indirect,
non-primary,
derived,
derivative,
resulting,
resultant,
concomitant,
accompanying,
consequential,
contingent,
second-hand,
alternative,
spare,
extra,
additional,
another,
backup,
supporting,
relief,
fallback,
substitute,
auxiliary,
alternate,
• (of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms.
• denoting or relating to organisms in a particular community that belong to the second trophic level among its consumers, and consume primary consumers.
• "when a bear eats a plant-eating rodent, the bear is functioning as a secondary consumer"
• relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, especially in a transformer.
• "the primary and secondary coils of the transformer"
• former term for Mesozoic.
secondary
noun
• a secondary school.
• a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer.
• a secondary feather.
• the Secondary or Mesozoic era.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class’, from secundus (see second1).
