nounYUh中文字网
一. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosenYUh中文字网
Synonym: primary electionYUh中文字网
二. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wingYUh中文字网
Synonym: primary featherprimary quillYUh中文字网
三. coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuitYUh中文字网
e.g. current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coilYUh中文字网
Synonym: primary coilprimary windingYUh中文字网
四. (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around itYUh中文字网
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一. not derived from or reducible to something else
basicYUh中文字网
e.g. a primary instinctYUh中文字网
二. of primary importanceYUh中文字网
Synonym: basalYUh中文字网
三. of first rank or importance or value
direct and immediate rather than secondaryYUh中文字网
e.g. primary goals
a primary effect
primary sources
a primary interestYUh中文字网
四. of or being the essential or basic partYUh中文字网
e.g. an elementary need for love and nurturingYUh中文字网
Synonym: elementaryelementalYUh中文字网