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- primary :of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- primary goals|a primary effect|primary sources|a primary interest
- primary :not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- primary :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
- primary :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
- primary :of or being the essential or basic part
- an elementary need for love and nurturing|a basal reader
- primary :a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- primary :one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- primary :(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it