Primary

Hi
What does 'primary' mean in:
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4. Outputs : end results of the organizational processes, consisting of primary variables, such as profits and growth, and secondary enabling variables, such as productivity, commitment, motivation, satisfaction, innovation, flexibility, personal develoment, and plant image."
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Here's the definition of 'primary:

primary ['pra?m?r?]

adj
1. first in importance, degree, rank, etc.

2. first in position or time, as in a series

3. fundamental; basic

4. being the first stage; elementary

5. (Social Science / Education) (prenominal) of or relating to the education of children up to the age of 11

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of the flight feathers of a bird's wing) growing from the manus

7. (Electronics)
a. being the part of an electric circuit, such as a transformer or induction coil, in which a changing current induces a current in a neighbouring circuit a primary coil

b. (of a current) flowing in such a circuit Compare http://www.thefreedictionary.com/secondary

8. (Business / Commerce)
a. (of a product) consisting of a natural raw material; unmanufactured

b. (of production or industry) involving the extraction or winning of such products. Agriculture, fishing, forestry, hunting, and mining are primary industries Compare [7] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tertiary [2]

9. (Chemistry) Chem
a. (of an organic compound) having a functional group attached to a carbon atom that is attached to at least two hydrogen atoms

b. (of an amine) having only one organic group attached to the nitrogen atom; containing the group NH₂

c. (of a salt) derived from a tribasic acid by replacement of one acidic hydrogen atom with a metal atom or electropositive group

10. (Linguistics) Linguistics
a. derived from a word that is not a derivation but the ultimate form itself. Lovableis a primary derivative of love

b. (of Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit tenses) referring to present or future time Comparehttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/historic [3]

11. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology relating to magmas that have not experienced fractional crystallization or crystal contamination

n pl -ries
1. a person or thing that is first in rank, occurrence, etc.

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US)
a. a preliminary election in which the voters of a state or region choose a party's convention delegates, nominees for office, etc. See also http://www.thefreedictionary.com/closed+primary, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/direct+primary, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/open+primary

b. a local meeting of voters registered with one party to nominate candidates, select convention delegates, etc. Full name primary election

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) See http://www.thefreedictionary.com/primary+colour

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing

5. (Electronics) a primary coil, winding, inductance, or current in an electric circuit

6. (Astronomy) Astronomy a celestial body around which one or more specified secondary bodies orbit the sun is the primary of the earth
[from Latin primarius of the first rank, principal, from primus first]

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Which applies here?
Thanks in advance!