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1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | election, |
| definition | : | a vote to select the winner of a position or political office (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | direct primary, |
| definition | : | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office (noun.act) |
2. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing (noun.animal)
3. coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | coil, |
| definition | : | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | transformer, |
| definition | : | an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage (noun.artifact) |
4. (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it (noun.object)
| domain category | : | astronomy, uranology, |
| definition | : | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition) |
5. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic (adj.all)
| similar | : | underived, |
| definition | : | not derived; primary or simple (adj.all) |
6. of primary importance (adj.all)
| similar | : | essential, |
| definition | : | basic and fundamental (adj.all) |
7. most important element (adj.all)
8. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary (adj.all)
| similar | : | capital, |
| definition | : | of primary importance (adj.all) |
| similar | : | direct, |
| definition | : | being an immediate result or consequence (adj.all) |
| similar | : | firsthand, |
| definition | : | received directly from a source (adj.all) |
| similar | : | first-string, |
| definition | : | being a regular member of a team (adj.all) |
| similar | : | original, |
| definition | : | (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary (adj.all) |
| also | : | essential, |
| definition | : | basic and fundamental (adj.all) |
| also | : | first, |
| definition | : | preceding all others in time or space or degree (adj.all) |
| also | : | original, |
| definition | : | being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of (adj.all) |
9. of or being the essential or basic part (adj.all)
| similar | : | basic, |
| definition | : | pertaining to or constituting a base or basis (adj.all) |
10. of primary importance (adj.all)
11. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary (adj.all)
| antonym | : | secondary, |
| definition | : | being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate (adj.all) |
12. of or being the essential or basic part (adj.all)
| derivation | : | component, constituent, element, |
| definition | : | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system (noun.artifact) |
13. of primary importance (adj.all)
14. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary (adj.all)
| antonym | : | secondary, |
| definition | : | being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate (adj.all) |
15. of or being the essential or basic part (adj.all)
| derivation | : | component, constituent, element, |
| definition | : | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system (noun.artifact) |
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