♦ primary

♦ primary
♦ primary /ˈpraɪmərɪ/
A a.
1 primario (anche chim., fis., elettr., geol.); principale; fondamentale; elementare: a primary atom, un atomo primario; primary rocks, rocce primarie; primary education, istruzione primaria (o elementare); (astron.) primary planets, pianeti principali; primary school, scuola elementare (o primaria); (gramm.) primary tenses, tempi fondamentali
2 primitivo; primordiale: a primary instinct, un istinto primitivo (o primordiale)
B n.
1 cosa di primaria importanza; cosa fondamentale; fondamento
2 (fis., = primary colour) colore primario (o fondamentale)
3 (astron.) corpo primario (pianeta o satellite); (anche) primaria, stella primaria
4 (elettr., = primary winding) avvolgimento primario (di un trasformatore)
5 (elettr.) conduttore primario
6 (metall.) metallo primario
7 (zool.) penna maestra (di uccello); remigante primaria
8 scuola elementare
9 (polit., spec. USA, spesso al pl.) primaria; elezione preliminare (per la scelta dei candidati)
● (fon.) primary accent, accento principale □ (filos.) primary cause, causa prima □ (Borsa, USA) primary dealers, operatori primari (ammessi alle aste di titoli di stato) □ (leg.) primary evidence, prova incontestabile □ (Borsa) primary market, mercato primario □ (econ.) primary occupation, attività primaria; lavoro principale □ (econ.) primary products, prodotti di base □ (comput.) primary storage (o store), memoria primaria; memoria principale □ (fon.) primary stress = primary accent ► sopra □ primary teacher, insegnante elementare; maestro, maestra □ primary tooth, dente da latte □ (comput.) primary window, finestra principale.

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