Definition of prime- in English English dictionary
- A prime number is a number which has no factors other than 1 (called non-trivial factors) Thus 13 is prime but 15=3*5 is not prime A number which is not prime is called composite A polynomial which has no factors other than 1 is called irreducible
- flower: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
- A prime is an integer greater than 1 whose only divisors are 1 and itself
- fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"
- - a composition such as black powder that is relatively easy to ignite that is mixed with water and a binder to form a slurry, then applied onto fuse or stars composed of something that is more difficult to ignite
- cannot be divided by another number without having a remainder -- "Is 25,874 composite or prime?" (70)
- premier(a): first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister"
- at the best stage; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning
- The first guard or parry, in a high line on the side away from the sword arm, with the wrist pronated
- is a primary element, the main peculiar feature of which is that its inner content is beyond the sense of our world
- The act of applying a primer to the wall prior to installing wallpaper
- Stands for prescribed right to income and maximum equity, a certificate that entitles the owner to the dividend/income from an underlying security, but not to the capital appreciation of that security
- The application of a sealing primer coat on a window or door product in preparation for a paint finish Although primer helps protect the wood, it is not a weatherproof finish coat
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc ) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"
- choice: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
- prime(a): used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover"
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- the second canonical hour; about 6 a m
- A natural number p greater than 1 is prime if and only if the only positive integer factors of p are 1 and p The first seven primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17
- The Prime Material Plane or someone from that plane Also a single prime-material world
- Quality Reference to that which is above and beyond the ordinary
- Initiating or restarting the water flow in a circulating system; usually accomplished by filing the pump volute by hand, turning the pump on and allowing the pump to disperse all air from the influent line
- The process of initiating water flow in a pump to commence circulation by displacing air in the suction side of the circulation system
- The single weapon guard that protects the left cheek in modern fencing Specifically a sabre parry
- A number having exactly two factors, 1 and itself For example: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 are prime numbers
- Six consecutive blocks, which together effectively prevent passage of the opponent's checkers Several consecutive blocks, such as a 4-prime or 5-prime
- a number that has no factor but itself and 1
- The second lowest of the five low partials of a bell This partial is variously called the fundamental, the extra or the second partial
- A prime number is an integer larger than 1 whose only positive divisors are 1 and itself
- Parry #1; blade down and to the inside, wrist pronated
- of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number"
- The act of adding sugar or light dry malt to the beer after fermentation and prior to bottling This sugar gives the remaining yeast some food to eat, the result is carbonation!
- <span class="word-self">primespan>-minister
- Attributive form of prime minister, noun
Only having just won the election, he already had a prime-minster attitude.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>-number
- Attributive form of prime number, noun
- <span class="word-self">primespan>-time
- Alternative spelling of prime time
- <span class="word-self">primespan>-time
- hours when the largest television audience is available
- cousin <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Either of a pair of prime numbers that differ by four
- eta <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Describing a specific form of an eta meson
- factorial <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A prime number that is one more or one less than a factorial. For example, 7 is a factorial prime, since 3! + 1 = 7
- palindromic <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A prime number that is also palindromic, its digits read backwards are the same as read forward
17471 is a palindromic prime.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- First in excellence, quality, or value
This is a prime location for a bookstore.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing
I'm threatening to build a prime here.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- One of the daily offices of prayer of the Western Church, associated with the early morning (typically 6 a.m.)
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- First in time, order, or sequence
Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- First in importance, degree, or rank
Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To apply a coat of primer paint to
I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The symbol: ′
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The earliest stage of something
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The early morning
They all as glad, as birdes of ioyous Prime .
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number
3 is a prime.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The chief or best individual or part
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The first note or tone of a musical scale
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period
Once upon a time you dressed so fine. You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Having no integral factors except itself and unity (1 in the case of integers)
Thirteen is a prime number.
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To prepare a mechanism for its main work
You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.
- <span class="word-self">primespan> constellation
- An ordered set of prime numbers having a constant difference between successive elements
- <span class="word-self">primespan> contract
- A contract entered into directly between the client and contractor (contracted provider of products or services.) Used especially of contracts involving government agencies or bodies, or entities such as educational institutions
- <span class="word-self">primespan> decomposition
- The factorization of an integer into prime numbers
- <span class="word-self">primespan> directive
- An order or mission which presents the overriding control over a course of action
We are, after all, discussing the prime directive of academic life and a vitally important rule of civilized life in general: Seek and disseminate the truth.
- <span class="word-self">primespan> directives
- plural form of prime directive
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factor
- A factor of a given integer which is also a prime number
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factor
- to reduce an integer to its set of prime factors
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factorization
- The factorization of a positive integer into its constituent prime numbers
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factors
- plural form of prime factor
- <span class="word-self">primespan> meridian
- The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured
- <span class="word-self">primespan> minister
- In a parliamentary democracy, the chief member of the cabinet and head of the government; usually the leader of the majority party
Yesterday we had a visit from the Prime Minister. (See usage notes.).
- <span class="word-self">primespan> ministers
- plural form of prime minister
- <span class="word-self">primespan> ministership
- the office of a premier or prime minister
This turning point in the evolution of the prime ministership came with the death of Anne in 1714 and the accession of George I.
- <span class="word-self">primespan> mover
- A machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work
- <span class="word-self">primespan> mover
- The initial agent that is the cause of all things
- <span class="word-self">primespan> mover
- The front part of a semi-trailer type truck, i.e., the tractor to which the trailer part attaches
- <span class="word-self">primespan> mover
- A military or heavy construction vehicle
- <span class="word-self">primespan> movers
- plural form of prime mover
- <span class="word-self">primespan> number
- Any natural number greater than 1 divisible only by itself and 1
Every natural number greater than 1 can be factorized into prime numbers.
- <span class="word-self">primespan> numbers
- the set of numbers which are prime
- <span class="word-self">primespan> numbers
- plural form of prime number
- <span class="word-self">primespan> of life
- The period of one's mature life when one is at a peak of health and performance
- <span class="word-self">primespan> time
- Spring
- <span class="word-self">primespan> time
- Showing during prime time
- <span class="word-self">primespan> time
- The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 19: 00 and 23: 00
- <span class="word-self">primespan> time
- A new period or time of youthfulness; the beginning of something
- relatively <span class="word-self">primespan>
- having no factors (except the number 1) in common with a specified other number or numbers
24 is relatively prime to 35.
- relatively <span class="word-self">primespan>
- having no factors (except the number 1) in common
24 and 35 are relatively prime.
- sexy <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Either of a pair of prime numbers that differ by six
- twin <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Either of a pair of prime numbers that differ by two; example 5 and 7 as well as 191 and 193
- <span class="word-self">primespan> minister
- the head of the national government, the chief minister in some countries, including Australia
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- {v} to put powder into the pan of a gun or cannon, to lay the first colors on in painting
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- {a} first, principal, best, excellent
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- {n} the dawn of day, first or best part, spring, height of perfection, first canonical hour
- in the <span class="word-self">primespan> of one's life
- (deyim) In a time of one's life when maturity, power and vigor are greatest
- near-<span class="word-self">primespan>
- Near-prime, also called subprime lending, B-paper or second chance lending, is the practice of making loans to borrowers who do not qualify for the best market interest rates because of their deficient credit history. The term also refers to paper taken on property that cannot be sold on the primary market, including loans on certain types of investment properties and certain types of self-employed individuals
- <span class="word-self">primespan> cost
- The direct cost of a commodity in terms of the materials and labour involved
- <span class="word-self">primespan> of one's life
- (deyim) A time of one's life when maturity, power and vigor are greatest
- <span class="word-self">primespan> time
- Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing. The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period, for example, from 19: 00 to 21: 00 or 20: 00 to 23: 00 (7 pm to 9 pm or 8 pm to 11 pm)
- relatively <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Of integers : having no common factors except ±1. "12 and 25 are relatively prime."
- Deputy <span class="word-self">Primespan> Minister
- {i} deputy of a Prime Minister, assistant to a prime minister
- <span class="word-self">Primespan> Minister
- chief executive in a parliamentary system of government, person who is elected the head of a country, leader of a nation
- <span class="word-self">Primespan> Minister's Office
- government office for the head of state, government office which all others report to
- <span class="word-self">Primespan> Minister's Question Time
- a period of time each week when any member of the British House of Commons may ask the Prime Minister questions. There are often loud and angry disagreements during Question Time, which are broadcast on radio and television
- at her <span class="word-self">primespan>
- at her peak, at her top performance, in her best condition
- current <span class="word-self">Primespan> Minister
- one presently holding the office of Prime Minister
- cut off in his <span class="word-self">primespan>
- died when he was still young and strong
- cut off in its <span class="word-self">primespan>
- stopped or brought to an end when it was at its best
- electoral race for <span class="word-self">Primespan> Minister
- election campaign for the position of Prime Minister
- feel <span class="word-self">primespan>
- feel wonderful
- former <span class="word-self">Primespan> Minister
- prime minister who has finished his term of office, prime minister who is no longer in office
- in his <span class="word-self">primespan>
- in his youth, in his younger days, at the height of his powers or capabilities
- in its <span class="word-self">primespan>
- young, just beginning
- in <span class="word-self">primespan> condition
- in excellent shape
- in the <span class="word-self">primespan> of life
- in the peak of life, during the most vigorous part of life
- mersenne <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A Mersenne number which is prime In order for 2^n - 1 to be prime, n itself must be prime Only 38 Mersenne primes are known; they include the very largest known primes Much more information about Mersenne primes is available here; an Internet-based project to search for more of them is here
- mersenne <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A Mersenne number that is prime
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The morning; specifically R
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Six consecutive blocks, which together effectively prevent passage of the opponent's checkers Several consecutive blocks, such as a 4-prime or 5-prime
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- at the best stage; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Lecherous; lustful; lewd
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A prime is an integer greater than 1 whose only divisors are 1 and itself
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The first guard or parry, in a high line on the side away from the sword arm, with the wrist pronated
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover"
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- 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; said of a steam boiler
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A prime number is a number which has no factors other than 1 (called non-trivial factors) Thus 13 is prime but 15=3*5 is not prime A number which is not prime is called composite A polynomial which has no factors other than 1 is called irreducible
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A prime number is an integer larger than 1 whose only positive divisors are 1 and itself
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The act of applying a primer to the wall prior to installing wallpaper
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- You use prime to describe something that is most important in a situation. Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack The police will see me as the prime suspect!
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Initiating or restarting the water flow in a circulating system; usually accomplished by filing the pump volute by hand, turning the pump on and allowing the pump to disperse all air from the influent line
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To mark with a prime mark
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A number having exactly two factors, 1 and itself For example: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 are prime numbers
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A natural number p greater than 1 is prime if and only if the only positive integer factors of p are 1 and p The first seven primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The single weapon guard that protects the left cheek in modern fencing Specifically a sabre parry
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Marked or distinguished by a mark (′) called a prime mark
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- You use prime to describe an example of a particular kind of thing that is absolutely typical. The prime example is Macy's, once the undisputed king of California retailers. = classic
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The application of a sealing primer coat on a window or door product in preparation for a paint finish Although primer helps protect the wood, it is not a weatherproof finish coat
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- If someone or something is in their prime, they are at the stage in their existence when they are at their strongest, most active, or most successful. She was in her intellectual prime We've had a series of athletes trying to come back well past their prime. young persons in the prime of life
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- insert a primer into a gun, mine, charge, etc
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- See under Prime, a
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- the earliest stage
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- You use prime to describe something that is of the best possible quality. It was one of the City's prime sites, near the Stock Exchange
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Stands for prescribed right to income and maximum equity, a certificate that entitles the owner to the dividend/income from an underlying security, but not to the capital appreciation of that security
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The act of adding sugar or light dry malt to the beer after fermentation and prior to bottling This sugar gives the remaining yeast some food to eat, the result is carbonation!
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; denoted by [′]
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Quality Reference to that which is above and beyond the ordinary
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To trim or prune, as trees
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- a number that has no factor but itself and 1 the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest the second canonical hour; about 6 a
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- {f} prepare for use, make ready; load, fill; carry out a preliminary and/or preparatory act
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To be renewed, or as at first
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister"
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- If you prime someone to do something, you prepare them to do it, for example by giving them information about it beforehand. Claire wished she'd primed Sarah beforehand Arnold primed her for her duties The press corps was primed to leap to the defense of the fired officials. = brief
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The Prime Material Plane or someone from that plane Also a single prime-material world
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Parry #1; blade down and to the inside, wrist pronated
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponents pieces from passing
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to at the best stage; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- {i} state of perfection; state of highest quality; state of prosperity; springtime; childhood; dawn, sunrise; prime number, number that is not divisible by any number except itself and 1 (Mathematics)
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- See 2d Inch, n
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a prime number
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- cannot be divided by another number without having a remainder -- "Is 25,874 composite or prime?" (70)
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- the second canonical hour; about 6 a m
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To serve as priming for the charge of a gun
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc ) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- is a primary element, the main peculiar feature of which is that its inner content is beyond the sense of our world
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- - a composition such as black powder that is relatively easy to ignite that is mixed with water and a binder to form a slurry, then applied onto fuse or stars composed of something that is more difficult to ignite
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The first of the chief guards
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- hence, the dawn; the spring
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- A prime number
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The process of initiating water flow in a pump to commence circulation by displacing air in the suction side of the circulation system
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- to prime the pump: see pump. the time in your life when you are strongest and most active in your prime
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Ch
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine" fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine" cover with a primer; apply a primer to at the best stage; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- {s} principal, major, chief; central, main; select, choice, of the highest quality; initial, first; excellent, superior
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- a number that has no factor but itself and 1
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- Having no common factor; used with to; as, 12 is prime to 25
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number"
- <span class="word-self">primespan>
- The second lowest of the five low partials of a bell This partial is variously called the fundamental, the extra or the second partial
- <span class="word-self">primespan> a witness
- coach a witness, instruct a witness in what to say
- <span class="word-self">primespan> cause
- main cause, main reason
- <span class="word-self">primespan> coat
- A sealer coat of adhesive or tile sealant that keeps the substrate from drawing moisture out of the tile adhesive
- <span class="word-self">primespan> coat
- A coating of asphalt oil either cutback or specialized emulsion, used to seal the sub-base and/or base material and enhance bonding to the asphalt course
- <span class="word-self">primespan> coat
- Primer
- <span class="word-self">primespan> coat
- The first coat of paint in an application that consists of two or more coats
- <span class="word-self">primespan> contract
- A contract awarded directly by the Federal government
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factor
- the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factor
- A prime number that is a factor of another number is called a prime factor of that number
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factor
- number that can divide into another with no remainder but cannot itself be divided without having a remainder -- " write down each prime factor zero times " (164)
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factor
- main cause, main factor
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factorization
- The prime factorization of a number is the expression of that number as a product of its prime factors
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factorization
- Prime factorization is finding the factors of a number that are all prime Here's how you do it: Find 2 factors of your number Then look at your 2 factors and determine if one or both of them is not prime If it is not a prime factor it Repeat this process until all your factors are prime Here's an example: Find the prime factors of the number 84: 84 / \ 42 x 2 (84 is 42 times 2) / \ 21 x 2 (42 is 21 times 2) / \ 7 x 3 (21 is 7 times 3) (7 and 3 are both prime, so we stop!) So the prime factors of 84 are 7 x 3 x 2 x 2 Now, here's a problem for you: Find the prime factors of 60
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factorization
- (see also Prime factored form above) The expression of a composite number as a product of its prime factors
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factorization
- A composite number expressed as a product of prime factors For example: 36 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factorization
- Calculation of all prime factors in a number Example: The prime factors of 84 are 7 x 3 x 2 x 2
- <span class="word-self">primespan> factorization
- Decomposing a number (or algebraic expression) into a product of primes
- <span class="word-self">primespan> interest
- low rate of interest charged by banks to large accounts
- <span class="word-self">primespan> interest rate
- low rate of interest charged by banks to large accounts
- <span class="word-self">primespan> interest rate
- the interest rate on short-term loans that banks charge their commercial customers with high credit ratings
- <span class="word-self">primespan> meridian
- the meridian that is the starting point for measuring distances to the east or west The Prime Meridian is at 0 degrees and runs through the city (among others) of Greenwich, England
- <span class="word-self">primespan> meridian
- The location from which meridians of longitude are measured Has the measure of O degrees of longitude The prime meridian was selected by international agreement to run through Greenwich, England
- <span class="word-self">primespan> meridian
- An imaginary line running from north to south through Greenwich, England, used as the reference point for longitude
- <span class="word-self">primespan> meridian
- longitudinal line which represents zero degrees longitude ; The prime meridian passes through Greenwhich, England (The Surface and Aloft)
- <span class="word-self">primespan> meridian
- n. The zero meridian (0°), used as a reference line from which longitude east and west is measured. It passes through Greenwich, England. the imaginary line drawn from north to south on the earth, from which east and west are measured in degrees on a map