primary : Idioms & Phrases

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closed primary

  • noun a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote
    • closed primaries strengthen party unity
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direct primary

  • noun a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office
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Multiple primary root

  • (Bot.), a name given to the numerous roots emitted from the radicle in many plants, as the squash.
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open primary

  • noun a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party)
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Primary alcohol

  • (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of carbon atoms; distinguished from secondary ∧ tertiary alcohols.
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primary amenorrhea

  • noun delay of menarche beyond age 18
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Primary amine

  • (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group, or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; distinguished from secondary ∧ tertiary amines.
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Primary amputation

  • (Surg.), an amputation for injury performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation supervene.
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primary atypical pneumonia

  • noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults
    mycoplasmal pneumonia; atypical pneumonia.
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Primary axis

  • (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole cluster of flowers.
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primary care

  • noun the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)
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primary care physician

  • noun the physician who provides primary care
    • the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system
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primary care provider

  • noun a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
    caregiver; PCP; health care provider; health professional.
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primary cell

  • noun an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged
    voltaic cell; galvanic cell.
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primary censorship

  • noun armed forces censorship performed by personnel of a military unit on the personal communications of persons assigned to that unit
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primary coil

  • noun coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
    primary coil; primary.
    • current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
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primary color

  • noun any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
    primary color.
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primary color for light

  • noun any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing
    primary color for light.
    • the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green
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primary color for pigments

  • noun any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing
    primary color for pigments.
    • the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow
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Primary colors

  • noun any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
    primary color.
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  • . See under Color.
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primary colour

  • noun any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
    primary color.
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primary colour for light

  • noun any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing
    primary color for light.
    • the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green
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primary colour for pigments

  • noun any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing
    primary color for pigments.
    • the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow
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primary dentition

  • noun dentition of deciduous teeth
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primary dysmenorrhea

  • noun painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease
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primary election

  • noun a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
    primary.
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primary feather

  • noun one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
    primary feather; primary; primary quill.
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primary health care

  • noun health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system
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Primary meeting

  • a meeting of citizens at which the first steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc. See Caucus.
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Primary pinna

  • (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
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Primary planets

  • . (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
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Primary qualities of bodies

  • such are essential to and inseparable from them.
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primary quill

  • noun one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
    primary feather; primary; primary quill.
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Primary quills

  • noun one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
    primary feather; primary; primary quill.
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  • (Zoöl.), the largest feathers of the wing of a bird; primaries.
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Primary rocks

  • (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed to have been first formed, being crystalline and containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.; called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
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Primary salt

  • (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base or basic radical.
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primary school

  • noun a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
    grade school; elementary school; grammar school.
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primary sex character

  • noun the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
    primary sex characteristic; primary sex character.
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primary sex characteristic

  • noun the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
    primary sex characteristic; primary sex character.
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primary sexual characteristic

  • noun the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
    primary sex characteristic; primary sex character.
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primary solid solution

  • noun a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal
    solid solution.
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primary subtractive color for light

  • noun any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light
    primary subtractive color for light.
    • the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow
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primary subtractive colour for light

  • noun any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light
    primary subtractive color for light.
    • the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow
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Primary syphilis

  • noun the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection
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  • (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis, including the period from the development of the original lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms indicative of general constitutional infection.
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primary tooth

  • noun one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
    baby tooth; deciduous tooth; milk tooth.
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Primary union

  • (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by the first intention.
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primary winding

  • noun coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
    primary coil; primary.
    • current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
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Spurious primary, ∨ Spurious quill

  • (Zoöl.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
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