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ALL meanings of primary

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  • noun primary a local meeting of voters registered with one party to nominate candidates, select convention delegates, etc 0
  • noun primary any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing 0
  • noun primary a primary coil, winding, inductance, or current in an electric circuit 0
  • noun primary a celestial body around which one or more specified secondary bodies orbit 0
  • adjective primary first in time or order of development; primitive; original; earliest 0
  • adjective primary from which others are derived; fundamental; elemental; basic 0
  • adjective primary designating colors regarded as basic, or as those from which all others may be derived 0
  • adjective primary of or in the first stage of a sequence; elementary 0
  • adjective primary first in importance; chief; principal; main 0
  • adjective primary firsthand; direct 0
  • adjective primary characterized by or resulting from the replacement of one atom or radical 0
  • adjective primary characterized by groups or radicals that are attached to the end carbon atom of a chain, i.e., to a CH2 group (Ex.: primary alcohols, CH2OH; primary amines, CH2NH2) 0
  • adjective primary designating or of an inducing current, input circuit, or input coil in a transformer, induction coil, etc. 0
  • adjective primary formed directly by sedimentation, solidification, or precipitation and not subsequently altered 0
  • adjective primary designating or of the earliest geological periods, up through the Paleozoic Era 0
  • adjective primary having as its fundamental form a base or other element that cannot be broken down 0
  • adjective primary designating or having to do with the initial medical care given to a patient, before referral to another doctor, a specialist, etc. 0
  • adjective primary designating or of the large, stiff feathers on the last section, or hand, of a bird's wing 0
  • noun primary something first in order, quality, importance, etc. 0
  • noun primary in the U.S., 0
  • noun primary a local meeting of voters of a given political party to nominate candidates for public office, select delegates to a convention, etc. 0
  • noun primary direct primary election 0
  • noun primary any of the primary colors 0
  • noun primary a sun, planet, etc. in relation to its satellites 0
  • noun primary the brighter member of a binary star 0
  • noun primary a primary coil 0
  • noun primary a primary feather 0
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