Hyphenation of SECONDARY

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word SECONDARY? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

SEC-ONDARY

Definitions of SECONDARY:

1.
The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
2.
Coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
3.
Being 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
4.
Inferior in rank or status
The junior faculty A lowly corporal Petty officialdom A subordinate functionary
5.
Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
A secondary infection
6.
Not of major importance
Played a secondary role in world events
7.
Belonging to a lower class or rank

Synonyms of SECONDARY:

adj secondary, alternate, alternative, auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary, collateral, indirect, secondhand, second-string, substitute, standby, tributary, utility, substitute, vicarious, thirdhand, inessential, unessential, unoriginal
adj junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern, subordinate, junior
adj incidental, incident
adj minor
adj subordinate, low-level
noun formation
nounsecondary coil, secondary winding, coil

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