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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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Synonyms:
basal elementary elemental chief(a) main(a) primary(a) principal(a) master(a) primary coil primary winding primary feather primary quill primary election

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