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Definition of Prime
- 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.m.
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc.) 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"
Hyponyms: prime number, golden age
Pertainyms: prime number
Derivational Morphology: blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold, fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming, undercoat, underseal, flat coat, ground, primer coat, priming coat
| Language Translations: | |||
| Danish: primtal | Dutch: priem | ||
| Finnish: jaoton | French: premier | ||
| Hungarian: prím | Italian: primo | ||
| Polish: pierwsza | Portuguese: primo | ||
| Russian: простой | Slovene: praštevilo | ||
| Swedish: prim | |||
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