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primary | of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary | ||
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primary, primary feather, primary quill | one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing | ||
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primary | not derived from or reducible to something else; basic | ||
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primary, primary election | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen | ||
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main, principal, chief, primary, master | most important element | ||
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primary, primary coil, primary winding | 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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primary | [in astronomy] a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it | ||
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basal, primary | of primary importance | ||
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primary, elementary, elemental | of or being the essential or basic part |