Definition of primary

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Primary (a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools..

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Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..
Prototype :: Prototype (n.) An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype..
Primarily :: Primarily (adv.) In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.
Syphilitic :: Syphilis (n.) The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary..
Hue :: Hue (n.) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.
Archical :: Archical (pref.) Chief; primary; primordial.
Tangram :: Tangram (n.) A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction..
Secondhand :: Secondhand (a.) Not original or primary; received from another.
Protozoonite :: Protozoonite (n.) One of the primary, or first-formed, segments of an embryonic arthropod..
Pinna :: Pinna (n.) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.
Primogenial :: Primogenial (a.) First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light..
Phanerogamia :: Phanerogamia (n. pl.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants..
Primitive :: Primitive (n.) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
Pinus :: Pinus (n.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine..
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar..
Achromatic :: Achromatic (a.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
Implacentalia :: Implacentalia (n. pl.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed..
Stilet :: Stile (v. i.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised..
Primary :: Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird..
Prothallus :: Prothallus (n.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc..
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