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Meaning
Adj
●
First or
earliest
in a group or series.
●
Main;
principal
;
chief
;
placed
ahead of
others.
●
In Geology:
Earliest
formed
; fundamental.
●
In Chemistry:
Illustrating,
possessing
, or
characterized
by, some quality or
property
in the first
degree
; having
undergone
the first
stage
of
substitution
or replacement.
●
In Medicine:
Relating to the place where a
disorder
or
disease
started
to occur.
●
In Medicine:
Relating to
day-to-day
care
provided
by health
professionals
such as
nurses
,
general practitioners
,
dentists
etc.
Noun
●
A
primary election
; a
preliminary
election
to
select
a political
candidate
of a political party.
●
The first year of
grade
school.
●
A
base
or
fundamental
component
; something that is irreducible.
●
The most
massive
component
of a
gravitationally
bound
system, such as a
planet
in relation to
its satellites.
●
A
primary
school.
●
In Ornithology:
Any
flight feather
attached
to the
manus
(hand) of a bird.
●
A
primary
colour.
●
In Military & Nuclear warfare:
The first
stage
of a
thermonuclear weapon
, which
sets off
a
fission
explosion
to help
trigger
a
fusion
reaction
in the
weapon
's
secondary
stage
.
●
In Aviation:
A
radar
return
from an
aircraft
(or other
object
)
produced
solely
by the
reflection
of the
radar
beam
from the
aircraft
's
skin
, without
additional
information from the
aircraft
's transponder.
●
In Medicine:
The
primary
site
of a
disease
; the
original
location
or
source
of the
disease
.
●
In Electronics:
A
directly
driven
inductive
coil
,
as in
a
transformer
or
induction motor
that is
magnetically
coupled
to a secondary.
Verb
●
In American English, Politics & One:
To
challenge
(an
incumbent
sitting
politician
) for their political party's
nomination
to
run
for
re-election
, through
running
a
challenger
campaign
in a
primary election
, especially one that is more
ideologically
extreme.
●
In American English:
To
take part
in a
primary
election.
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Synonyms
Primal
Principal
Initial
Flagship
Elementary
Primordial
Related
Main
Sole
Secondary
Caucuses
Basic
Nominee
Central
Predominant
Essential
Key
Tertiary
Core
Major
Election
Crucial
Caucus
Fundamental
School
Current
Kindergarten
Preschool
Important
First
Frontrunner
Personal
Vital
Best
Foremost
Source
Senate
Paramount
Dominant
National
Principle
Qualitative
Objective
Component
Significant
Common
Indispensable
Critical
Direct
Medical
Universal
Origin
Pivotal
Clinical
Preeminent
General Election
Special Election
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