prime.

Определение prime. в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: First in excellence, quality, or value
This is a prime location for a bookstore.; Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing
I'm threatening to build a prime here.; One of the daily offices of prayer of the Western Church, associated with the early morning (typically 6 a.m.); First in time, order, or sequence
Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.; Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals; First in importance, degree, or rank
Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.; The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height; To apply a coat of primer paint to
I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.; The symbol: ′; The earliest stage of something; A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker; Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands; The early morning
They all as glad, as birdes of ioyous Prime .; {v} to put powder into the pan of a gun or cannon, to lay the first colors on in painting; {a} first, principal, best, excellent; {n} the dawn of day, first or best part, spring, height of perfection, first canonical hour; The morning; specifically R; 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 prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number; at the best stage; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning; Lecherous; lustful; lewd; A prime is an integer greater than 1 whose only divisors are 1 and itself; The first guard or parry, in a high line on the side away from the sword arm, with the wrist pronated; Early; blooming; being in the first stage; used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover"; 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; the most active, thriving, or successful stage or period; 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; A prime number is an integer larger than 1 whose only positive divisors are 1 and itself; The act of applying a primer to the wall prior to installing wallpaper; 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!; 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; To mark with a prime mark; First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister; A number having exactly two factors, 1 and itself For example: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 are prime numbers; 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 single weapon guard that protects the left cheek in modern fencing Specifically a sabre parry; Marked or distinguished by a mark (′) called a prime mark; 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; 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; the chief or best individual or part; 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; insert a primer into a gun, mine, charge, etc; See under Prime, a; Having no integral factors except itself and unity (1 in the case of integers); To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief; the earliest stage; 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; 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; 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 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!; An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; denoted by [′]; To prepare a mechanism for its main work; the period of greatest prosperity or productivity; Quality Reference to that which is above and beyond the ordinary; To trim or prune, as trees; 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; The first note or tone of a musical scale; {f} prepare for use, make ready; load, fill; carry out a preliminary and/or preparatory act; To be renewed, or as at first; first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister"; cover with a primer; apply a primer to; 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; preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"; First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary; The Prime Material Plane or someone from that plane Also a single prime-material world; Parry #1; blade down and to the inside, wrist pronated; the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds; Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponents pieces from passing; 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