Word Finder - prime

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First in importance, degree, or rank.

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First in time, order, or sequence.

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First in excellence, quality, or value.

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(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).

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(mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.

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(algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.

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(algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.

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Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.

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Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

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(obsolete) Lecherous, lewd, lustful.

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(historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.

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(Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.

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(obsolete) The early morning generally.

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(now rare) The earliest stage of something.

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The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.

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The chief or best individual or part.

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Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.

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(music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.

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(fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.

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(algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.

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(card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.

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(backgammon) A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.

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The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.

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(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.

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An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.

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(obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.

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(film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.

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A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.

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(psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.

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(transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.

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(transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.

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(obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.

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(intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

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(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.

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To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).

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To prepare; to make ready.

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(archaic) To instruct beforehand, as for an examination; to coach.

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(UK, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.

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(mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.

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(cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.