Definition of primary

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of primary is as below...

Primary (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter..

Lern More About Primary

Primary :: Primary (a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools..
Caucus :: Caucus (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting..
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..
Bronchus :: Bronchus (n.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
Uranus :: Uranus (n.) One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years..
Original :: Original (a.) Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process..
Node :: Node (n.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary..
Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary..
Originary :: Originary (a.) Primitive; primary; original.
Primary :: Primary (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter..
Intuition :: Intuition (n.) Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth..
Intuitionalism :: Intuitionalism (n.) The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to sensationalism, and experientialism..
Somatocyst :: Somatocyst (n.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.
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..
Tartramic :: Tartramic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid..
Archical :: Archical (pref.) Chief; primary; primordial.
Primariness :: Primariness (n.) The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention..
Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary..
Primary :: Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird..
Deuterozooid :: Deuterozooid (n.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us