Primary

Primary

(1):

(a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.

(2):

(a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.

(3):

(a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.

(4):

(a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

(5):

(a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.

(6):

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

(7):

(n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.

(8):

(n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.

(9):

(n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.