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Words with a similar base: primary, primary_coil, primary_election, primary_feather, primary_quill, primary_winding

'primary'

[primary.n.01] as in: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

'primary'

[primary.n.02] as in: one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

'primary'

[primary.n.03] as in: (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

'primary'

[primary_coil.n.01] as in: coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

Examples:
current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil

'primary'

[primary.a.01] as in: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

Examples:
primary goals
a primary effect
primary sources
a primary interest

'primary'

[primary.s.01] as in: not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

Examples:
a primary instinct

'primary'

[chief.s.01] as in: most important element

Examples:
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'

[elementary.s.02] as in: of or being the essential or basic part

Examples:
an elementary need for love and nurturing

'primary'

[basal.s.02] as in: of primary importance