If you describe something as primitive, you mean that it is very simple in style or very old-fashioned. It's using some rather primitive technology. sophisticated. an artist who paints simple pictures like those of a child
An abstract, implementation independent, interaction between a layer service user and a layer service provider
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
Describes a character state that is present in the common ancestor of a clade A primitive character state is inferred to be the original condition of that character within the clade under consideration For example, "presence of hair" is a primitive character state for all mammals, whereas the "hairlessness" of whales is a derived state for one subclade within the Mammalia
An element in a Radiance scene description, which consists of a modifier, type, identifier, and zero or more parameters (See the Radiance reference manual on the CD-ROM for syntax and semantics )
not derived; original, primary Of or relating to the earliest age or period (primeval) Little evolved and closely approximating an early ancestral type Elemental, natural of or relating to a relatively simple people or culture
An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived a person who belongs to early stage of civilization used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies"
This refers to something at the lowest level of detail; elemental For example to a program, addition is a primitive operation of the hardware Although from the point of view of the hardware it may be complex
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
in studies of the solar system, an object or rock that has remained chemically unchanged since it formed (solidified) about 4 6 billion years ago The object holds a record of the very early conditions from which the rest of the solar system (Sun, planets, moons) formed
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"