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131Primary cell terminology — offers much scope for confusion. When a primary cell is in use there are two circuits:* The external circuit, e.g. a lamp connected by wires to the cell terminals * The internal circuit via the liquid or paste in the cellThe terminology relates… …
132primary stress — or primary accent n. Linguis. 1. the heaviest stress or force given to one syllable in a spoken word or to one word in an utterance; the strongest of the four phonemic degrees of stress 2. a mark (in this dictionary, ʹ ) used to indicate this * * …
