primary (
http://definr.com/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}]