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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Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A printing establishment.
Abecedary :: Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees..
Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth..
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Efficient :: Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.
Primer :: Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction..
Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..
Prime :: Prime (n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection..
Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church..
Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.
Pristine :: Pristine (a.) Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Unessential :: Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.
Primevally :: Primevally (adv.) In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
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