Look up: Primary

1. primary
   [adj] - of first rank or importance or value 2. [adj] - not derived from or reducible to something else 3. [n] - one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird`s wing 4. [n] - a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
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2. Primary
   A term used to describe the larger or brighter member of a pair of celestial objects.
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3. Primary
   Another method of selecting party nominees for president where a state holds an official election allowing registered party voters to select their party’s candidate. The state party awards delegates to the national party convention depending on primary vote totals
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4. Primary
   (Phase of Education) Full time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils who have not attained the age of 10 yrs and 6 months; and Full time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils who have attained that age and whom it is expedient to educate together with junior pupils
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5. primary
   In presidential election campaigns in the USA, a statewide ballot in which voters indicate their candidate preferences for the two main parties. Held...
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6. Primary
   a disease that began in the affected location
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7. Primary
   Primary: First or foremost in time or development. The primary teeth (the baby teeth) are those that come first. Primary may also refer to symptoms or a disease to which others are secondary. A primary tumor is one that is at the original site at which it arose. For example, a primary brain tumor is one that arose in the brain as opposed to one tha …
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8. primary
   descriptive of fluid at low pressure applied to the inlet port of the pressure intensifier, and of anything concerned with the fluid: flow, pressure, circuit Category: Mechanical engineering • the attracting body which primarily determines the motion of a satellite Category: The cosmos
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9. Primary
   Pri"ma·ry adjective [ Latin primarius , from primus first: confer French primaire . See Prime , adjective , and confer Premier , Primero .] 1. First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original. « The church of Christ, in its primary institution.» Bp. Pearson.
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10. Primary
    Pri"ma·ry noun ; plural Primaries 1. That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter. 2. A primary meeting; a caucus. 3. (Zoology) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage , and Illust. of Bird . 4. (Astron.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a do …
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11. primary
    Principal, primus, the first, first in order or in time of development, principal. ... Origin: L. Primarius ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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12. primary
    adjective not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; `a primary instinct`
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13. primary
    adjective of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; `primary goals`; `a primary effect`; `primary sources`; `a primary interest`
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14. primary
    primary feather noun one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird`s wing
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15. primary
    primary election noun a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
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16. Primary
    The word `Primary` when used alone may refer to: * Primary (band), from Australia * primary circuit, electrical circuit in a Transformer that receives current, as opposed to secondary circuit * `Primary` (film), 1960 documentary * Primary (LDS Church), children's Sunday School organization * `Primary` (song), by The Cure * Primary education, the first stage of compulsory education * Primary Election, Type of election * Primary Flight Training, i...
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17. Primary
    The word `Primary` when used alone may refer to: * Primary (band), from Australia * primary circuit, electrical circuit in a Transformer that receives current, as opposed to secondary circuit * `Primary` (film), 1960 documentary * Primary (LDS Church), children's Sunday School organization * `Primary` (song), by The Cure * Primary education, the first stage of compulsory education * Primary Election, Type of election * Primary Flight Training, i...
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18. Primary
    • (a.) Earliest formed; fundamental. • (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter. • (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original. • (n.) A primary meeting; a caucus. • (a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary a...
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19. Primary
    (from the article `geochronology`) ...and spatial variation. While making use of Steno`s principle of superposition, Lehmann recognized the existence of three distinct rock ...
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20. primary
    (L. primarius) principal; primus first) first in order or in time of development; principal.
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21. primary
    • The largest gravitating mass within a given system. For example, the planet around which a moon revolves is known as the primary. • In a binary or multiple star system, the most luminous star.
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