Meaning of 'primary'

adjective

not derived from or reducible to something else

adjective

of primary importance

Synonyms: basal

adjective

of first rank or importance or value

adjective

of or being the essential or basic part

Synonyms: elementary elemental

noun

a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

Synonyms: primary election

noun

one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

Synonyms: primary feather primary quill

noun

coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

Example: "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"

Synonyms: primary coil primary winding

noun

(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

adjective

most important element

Synonyms: main