Main entry: primary, primary election
Definition: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
Main entry: primary, primary feather, primary quill
Definition: one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
Main entry: primary, primary coil, primary winding
Definition: coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
Usage: current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
Main entry: primary
Definition: (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
Main entry: primary
Definition: not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
Usage: a primary instinct
Definition: of primary importance
Main entry: main, master, chief, primary, principal
Definition: most important element
Usage: 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
Main entry: primary
Definition: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
Usage: primary goals; a primary effect; primary sources; a primary interest
Main entry: elemental, elementary, primary
Definition: of or being the essential or basic part
Usage: an elementary need for love and nurturing