Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) 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.

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Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..
Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.
Advance :: Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods..
Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) 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..
Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.
Primer :: Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder..
Reprimer :: Reprimer (n.) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again..
Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.
English :: English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type..
Primely :: Primely (adv.) At first; primarily.
Unessential :: Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.
Primy :: Primy (a.) Being in its prime.
Second :: Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8..
Abecedary :: Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
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