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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK): IPA: /ˈpraɪməri/,
  • (US): , IPA: /ˈpraɪmɛri/, or , IPA: /ˈpraɪməri/,


Etymology

From primarius (cf. French: primaire)

Adjective

  1. The first in a group or series.
  2. : Children attend primary school, teenagers attend secondary school.
  3. That which is placed ahead of others.
  4. : Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.


Derived terms


Translations

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See also


Noun

  1. A preliminary election to select a political candidate.
  2. The first year of grade school.
  3. A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
  4. The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.


Translations

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Verb

{{en-verb|primaries|primarying|primaried}}

  1. To take part in a primary election


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Primary \Pri"ma*ry\, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
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The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
--Bp. Pearson.
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These I call original, or primary, qualities of
body. --Locke.
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2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
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3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
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4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
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5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
some quality or property in the first degree; having
undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
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Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
carbon atoms; -- distinguished from {secondary & tertiary
alcohols}.

Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.

Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
supervene.

Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
cluster of flowers.

Primary colors. See under Color.

Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
See Caucus.

Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.

Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.

Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
inseparable from them.

Primary quills (Zool.), the largest feathers of the wing of
a bird; primaries.

Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
to have been first formed, being crystalline and
containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
-- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.

Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
a base or basic radical.

Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
including the period from the development of the original
lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
indicative of general constitutional infection.

Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
the first intention.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Primary \Pri"ma*ry\, n.; pl. Primaries.
1. That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a
chief matter.
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2. A primary meeting; a caucus.
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3. (Zool.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a
bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
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4. (Astron.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a
double star. See under Planet.
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WordNet primary
adj 1: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate
rather than secondhand; "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" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a)]
4: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need
for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary]
5: of primary importance; "basic truths" [syn: basal, basic]
n 1: a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are
chosen [syn: primary election]
2: one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer
edge of a bird's wing [syn: primary feather, {primary
quill}]
3: 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}]
Moby Dictionary
Maxwell triangle , Munsell scale , ab ovo , abecedarian , aboriginal ,
all-absorbing , antenatal , anterior , arch , austere , autochthonous ,
banner , bare , basal , basic , basilar , beginning , bottom , budding ,
by-election , capital , cardinal , caucus , central , champion , chaste ,
chief , chromatic circle , chromatic spectrum , chromaticity diagram ,
closed primary , color circle , color cycle , color index ,
color mixture curve , color solid , color spectrum , color system ,
color triangle , complementary color , congressional election ,
constituent , constitutive , contested election , controlling ,
creative , crowning , crucial , demitint , direct , direct primary ,
dominant , earliest , election , elemental , elementary , embryonic ,
essential , fetal , first , firsthand , focal , fore , forehand ,
foremost , formative , forward , foundational , front , frontal ,
full color , fundamental , fundamental colors , general election ,
generative , genetic , germinal , gestatory , great , gut , half tint ,
halftone , head , headmost , hegemonic , highest , homely , homespun ,
homogeneous , hue cycle , immediate , in embryo , in its infancy ,
in ovo , in the bud , inaugural , inceptive , inchoate , inchoative ,
incipient , incunabular , indivisible , infant , infantile , initial ,
initiative , initiatory , introductory , inventive , irreducible ,
leading , magisterial , maiden , main , mandatory primary , master ,
material , mere , metamer , monochrome , monolithic , nascent , natal ,
nonpartisan primary , of a piece , of the essence , open primary ,
optional primary , original , overriding , overruling , paramount ,
partisan election , parturient , pioneer , plain , postnatal ,
predominant , preeminent , preference primary , pregnant , premier ,
prenatal , preponderant , presidential election ,
presidential preference primary , presidential primary , prevailing ,
primal , primary color , primary election , prime , primeval ,
primitive , primogenial , primordial , principal , pristine ,
procreative , protogenic , prototypal , pure , pure and simple ,
pure color , radical , ranking , referendum , rudimental , rudimentary ,
ruling , runoff , runoff election , runoff primary , secondary ,
secondary color , seminal , severe , simon-pure , simple , single ,
solar spectrum , sovereign , spare , spectral color , spectrum ,
spectrum color , star , stark , stellar , substantial , substantive ,
supereminent , supreme , tertiary , tertiary color , topflight ,
topmost , ultimate , unadorned , unadulterated , uncluttered , uncopied ,
underived , underlying , undifferenced , undifferentiated ,
unduplicated , unexampled , uniform , unimitated , unmixed ,
unprecedented , unreproduced , uppermost , ur


PRIMARY. That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot be had. 2. A primary obligation is one which is the principal object of the contract; for example, the primary obligation of the seller is to deliver the thing sold, and to transfer the title to it. It is distinguished from the accessory or secondary obligation to pay damages for not doing so. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 702.
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