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Primary is an adjective meaning "first" or "firsthand". It may refer to:

  • Primary education or Primary school
  • The Primary Association, a children's organisation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Primary care.
  • A primary consumer in an ecosystem.
  • In astronomy, the primary is the most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.
  • A primary winding the driven winding of a transformer
  • Primary transmission lines that carry the highest level of distribution voltage used in electric power transmission. They are usually located at the highest position on utility poles.
  • A primary election.
  • The movie Primary.
  • The Primary beams, or Primaries, used in E. E. Smith's Lensman series. The energy required to generate the beam was such that after firing, each projector had to be discarded as the energy of the primary beam quickly rendered it useless.
  • In the United Kingdom medical fraternity, the 'Primary' is short for the Primary Examination of the Diploma of Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, or 'Primary FRCA'.
  • A Primary functional group (or usually ion) attached to carbon atom connected to 1 or no other Carbon atoms in organic chemistry
  • A historical name for the oldest period in the geological time scale
  • A Primary color
  • Primaries are the longest remiges (wing feathers) in birds. They attach to the hand.

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