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 |
| 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 |
| interface | (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases) |
| interface port | (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) |
parallel interface
parallel port | an interface between a computer and a printer where the computer sends multiple bits of information to the printer simultaneously |
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 |
small computer system interface
SCSI | interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers |
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) |
| primary dentition | dentition of deciduous teeth |
primary tooth
deciduous tooth
baby tooth
milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
| interface | the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other, the interface between chemistry and biology |
prerequisite
requirement | something that is required in advance, Latin was a prerequisite for admission |
| requirement demand | required activity, the requirements of his work affected his health, there were many demands on his time |
| academic requirement | a requirement for admission to or completion of an academic program |
| language requirement | a requirement that a student know certain languages |
| requirements contract | a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party |
interface
user interface | (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system |
command line interface
CLI | a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon |
graphical user interface
GUI | a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text, uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device |
musical instrument digital interface
MIDI | a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers |
grade school
grammar school
elementary school
primary school | a school for young children, usually the first or grades |
necessity
essential
requirement
requisite
necessary | anything indispensable, food and shelter are necessities of life, the essentials of the good life, allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions, a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained |
| oil-water interface | an interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water |
| 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 |
| primary syphilis | the first stage, characterized by a chancre at the site of infection |
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 |
| primary dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease |
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 |
| primary | not derived from or reducible to something else, basic, a primary instinct |
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 |
| primary | of first rank or importance or value, direct and immediate rather than secondary, primary goals, a primary effect, primary sources, a primary interest |
elementary
elemental
primary | of or being the essential or basic part, an elementary need for love and nurturing |