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Definition of Prime

1. Adjective. First in rank or degree. "The prime minister"

2. Verb. Insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing. "Prime a mine"

3. Noun. A number that has no factor but itself and 1.

4. Adjective. Used of the first or originating agent. "Prime mover"

5. Verb. Cover with a primer; apply a primer to. "They want to prime the doors"

6. Noun. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.

7. Adjective. Of superior grade. ; "Select peaches"

8. Verb. Fill with priming liquid. "Prime a car engine"

9. Noun. The second canonical hour; about 6 a.m..

10. Adjective. Of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers. "Prime number"

11. Noun. The time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest.

12. Adjective. Being at the best stage of development. "Our manhood's prime vigor"

Definition of Prime

1. a. First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.

2. n. The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.

3. v. t. To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.

4. v. i. To be renewed, or as at first.

5. a. Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a prime number.

Definition of Prime

1. Adjective. First in importance, degree, or rank. ¹

2. Adjective. First in time, order, or sequence ¹

3. Adjective. First in excellence, quality, or value. ¹

4. Adjective. (mathematics lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers). ¹

5. Adjective. (mathematics technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands. ¹

6. Adjective. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals. ¹

7. Noun. (Christianity historical) One of the daily offices of prayer of the Western Church, associated with the early morning (typically 6 a.m.). ¹

8. Noun. (obsolete) The early morning. ¹

9. Noun. (rare) The earliest stage of something. ¹

10. Noun. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period. ¹

11. Noun. The chief or best individual or part. ¹

12. Noun. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale. ¹

13. Noun. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height. ¹

14. Noun. (context: algebra number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number. ¹

15. Noun. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker. ¹

16. Noun. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing. ¹

17. Noun. The symbol: ? ¹

18. Verb. (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work. ¹

19. Verb. (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prime

1. to make ready [v PRIMED, PRIMING, PRIMES] - See also: ready

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prime

primates primateship primateships primatial primatials primatic primatical primative primatological primatologies

primatologist primatologists primatology primavera primaveras prime (current term) prime(a) prime-minister prime-number prime-time

prime constellation prime contract prime decomposition prime directive prime directives prime factor prime factorization prime factors prime formula prime implicant

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