Primary

noun
'praɪmɛri

Adjective

  • most important element

    policemen were primary targets

  • of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

    primary goals

    a primary effect

    primary sources

    See also:OriginalEssentialFirst
  • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

    a primary instinct

  • of or being the essential or basic part

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

    Type of:Coil
  • a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

    Type of:Election
  • one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

    Type of:QuillPinion
  • (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

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