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▸ adjective: First in time, order, or sequence.
▸ adjective: First in excellence, quality, or value.
▸ adjective: (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
▸ adjective: (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
▸ adjective: (algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.
▸ adjective: (algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
▸ adjective: Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
▸ adjective: Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Lecherous, lewd, lustful.
▸ noun: (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
▸ noun: (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The early morning generally.
▸ noun: (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
▸ noun: The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
▸ noun: The chief or best individual or part.
▸ noun: Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
▸ noun: (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
▸ noun: (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
▸ noun: (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (backgammon) A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.
▸ noun: The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
▸ noun: (chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
▸ noun: An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
▸ noun: A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
▸ noun: (psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.
▸ verb: (transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
▸ verb: (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
▸ verb: (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
▸ verb: To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
▸ verb: To prepare; to make ready.
▸ verb: (archaic) To instruct beforehand, as for an examination; to coach.
▸ verb: (UK, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
▸ verb: (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
▸ noun: (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens. [(photography) A photographic lens with a constant focal length, as opposed to a zoom lens.]
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