| auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant |
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| auxiliary | functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity |
| auxiliary | relating to something that is added but is not essential |
| auxiliary | an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity |
| auxiliary | an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) |
| auxiliary | a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
| auxiliary | electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit |
| auxiliary | a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit |
| auxiliary | a supplementary pump available if needed |
| auxiliary | a submarine for research purposes |
| auxiliary | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |