Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any device that is given less status (typically because it is less common or less simple) than the normal ordinaries.

Origin

From sub- + ordinary.

From sub- + ordinary.

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Forms

plural: subordinaries
Singularsubordinary
Pluralsubordinaries

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
subordinary — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto