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Meaning of primary

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  primary
      adj 1: of first rank or importance or value; direct and
             immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a
             primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
             [ant: {secondary}]
      2: not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a
         primary instinct"
      3: 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" [syn:
         {chief(a)}, {main(a)}, {primary(a)}, {principal(a)},
         {master(a)}]
      4: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need
         for love and nurturing" [syn: {elementary}, {elemental},
         {primary}]
      5: of primary importance [syn: {basal}, {primary}]
      n 1: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are
           chosen [syn: {primary}, {primary election}]
      2: one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer
         edge of a bird's wing [syn: {primary}, {primary feather},
         {primary quill}]
      3: (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to
         other objects in orbit around it
      4: 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" [syn: {primary coil}, {primary winding},
         {primary}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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