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secondary
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adjective
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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adjective
depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
a secondary infection
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adjective
belonging to a lower class or rank
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adjective
not of major importance
played a secondary role in world events
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noun
the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
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noun
(= secondary coil)
coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
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adjective
(= lowly, petty)
inferior in rank or status
the junior faculty
a lowly corporal
petty officialdom
a subordinate functionary
ray
Noun
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A ray is a line of light or energy, coming out from where it starts.
Some rays of light from the sun shone between the leaves of the tree and lighted the top of his head.
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A ray in math is a line that starts at one point and goes on forever in one direction.
Two rays that start at the same point make an angle.
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A ray is a type of fish which lives on the bottom of the ocean.