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								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
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								inferior in rank or status
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								depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
 a secondary infection
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								not of major importance
 played a secondary role in world events
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								belonging to a lower class or rank
 
 'secondary' - used as a noun
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								the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
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								coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
 
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