primary primary election | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
closed primary | a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote, closed primaries strengthen party unity |
open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
primary care | the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere) |
primary censorship | armed forces censorship performed by personnel of a military unit on the personal communications of persons assigned to that unit |
secondary censorship | armed forces censorship of the personal communications of officers or civilian employees or enlisted personnel not subject to primary censorship |
secondary education | education beyond the elementary grades, provided by a high school or college preparatory school |
primary health care | health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system |
primary primary feather primary quill | one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
primary coil primary winding primary | 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 |
secondary coil secondary winding secondary | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil |
storage cell secondary cell | a cell that can be recharged |
voltaic cell galvanic cell primary cell | an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy, cannot be recharged |
primary color primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing |
primary color for pigments primary colour for pigments | any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing, the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow |
primary color for light primary colour for light | any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing, the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green |
primary subtractive color for light primary subtractive colour for light | any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light, the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow |
primary sex characteristic primary sexual characteristic primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
secondary sex characteristic secondary sexual characteristic secondary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
primary dentition | dentition of deciduous teeth |
secondary dentition | dentition of permanent teeth |
primary tooth deciduous tooth baby tooth milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
secondary diagonal | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the lower left entry to the upper right entry |
secondary school lyceum lycee Gymnasium middle school | a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college, usually grades to |
grade school grammar school elementary school primary school | a school for young children, usually the first or grades |
secondary modern school | a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education |
secondary | the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen |
primary | (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it |
health professional primary care provider PCP health care provider caregiver | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
primary care physician | the physician who provides primary care, the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system |
secondary emission | the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons |
hyperparathyroidism | excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood, can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis) |
secondary hypertension | hypertension that is secondary to another disease |
primary syphilis | the first stage, characterized by a chancre at the site of infection |
secondary syphilis | the second stage, characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane |
tertiary syphilis | the third stage, characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver |
atypical pneumonia primary atypical pneumonia mycoplasmal pneumonia | an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing, caused by mycoplasma, primarily affecting children and young adults |
primary amenorrhea | delay of menarche beyond age |
secondary amenorrhea | cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated |
primary dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease |
secondary dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation that is caused by some specific disorder (as endometriosis) |
General Certificate of Secondary Education GCSE O level | the basic level of a subject taken in school |
solid solution primary solid solution | 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 |
Tertiary Tertiary period | from million to million years ago |
primary | not derived from or reducible to something else, basic, a primary instinct |
secondary | belonging to a lower class or rank |
basal primary | of primary importance |
chief(a) main(a) primary(a) principal(a) master(a) | most important element, the chief aim of living, the main doors were of solid glass, the principal rivers of America, the principal example, policemen were primary targets, the master bedroom, a master switch |