Primary group
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A primary group may refer to:
- In mathematics, a special kind of group:
- a p-primary group, also called simply p-group; or
- a primary cyclic groupPrimary cyclic groupIn mathematics, a primary cyclic group is a group that is both a cyclic group and a p-primary group for some prime number p.That is, it has the formfor some prime number p, and natural number m....
, which is a p-primary, cyclic group.
- In sociology, a primary group as opposed to secondary group.