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primary
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Adjective
  • of primary importance
  • of or being the essential or basic part
    • an elementary need for love and nurturing
  • most important element
    • the chief aim of living
    • the main doors were of solid glass
    • the principal rivers of America
    • the principal example
    • policemen were primary targets
    • the master bedroom
    • a master switch
  • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
    • a primary instinct
  • of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
    • primary goals
    • a primary effect
    • primary sources
    • a primary interest
Noun
  • coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
    • current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
  • (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
  • one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
  • a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
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