Understanding the meaning of primary

primary

/'praɪmɛri/

noun
a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
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primary election

type of:
election
adjective
of or being the essential or basic part
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basal elemental elementary basic
noun
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
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primary feather primary quill

type of:
flight feather quill pinion quill feather
noun
coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
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"current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"

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primary coil primary winding

type of:
coil

part of:
transformer
adjective
most important element
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"policemen were primary targets"

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chief main master principal of import important
noun
(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
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celestial body heavenly body
adjective
not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
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"a primary instinct"

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underived
adjective
of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
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"primary goals" "a primary effect" "primary sources" "a primary interest"

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special capital original first-string firsthand direct particular

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secondary

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