Primary (Noun)
Meaning 1
One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 2
(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 3
Coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 4
A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Although Illinois boasts slightly above mediocre senior-junior ratios of nearly 18%, only sixteen other counties that hosted a primary election has a population of below 40,000.
- New Mexico began conducting a primary election in 1920, and South Dakota followed in 1924, Wyoming in 1924, and Montana in 1924.
- Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution for an amendment to allow the district congressional primary election and congressional general to use ranked-choice voting.
- California's 23rd gubernatorial primary election was held on October 22, 1938, during which the incumbent Democratic Governor Frank Merriam successfully gained the votes to run.
- California held a statewide primary election on June 3, 2008, and 14 state legislative seats were up for election on the ballot.