Definizione monolingua

prime

prime (third-person singular simple present primes, present participle priming, simple past and past participle primed)

1. (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.

   Youll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.

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

   I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.

prime (plural primes)

1. (Christianity, historical) One of the daily offices of prayer of the Western Church, associated with the early morning (typically 6 a.m.).
2. (obsolete) The early morning.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:

     They all as glad, as birdes of ioyous Prime […].

3. (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
4. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
   • 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone

     Once upon a time you dressed so fine. You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?

5. The chief or best individual or part.
6. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
7. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
8. (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.

   3 is a prime.

9. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
10. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponents pieces from passing.

    Im threatening to build a prime here.

11. The symbol: ?

prime (not comparable)

1. First in importance, degree, or rank.

   Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.

2. First in time, order, or sequence

   Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.

3. First in excellence, quality, or value.

   This is a prime location for a bookstore.

4. (mathematics, lay) Having no integral factors except itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).

   Thirteen is a prime number.

5. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
6. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.

Definizione dizionario prime

	numero primo
	algebra: prime element of a mathematical structure
	A natural number which has exactly two natural number divisors, namely 1 and the prime number itself.

	primo
	First in time, order, or sequence
	mathematics: having no factors except itself and unity

	adescare
	to prepare a mechanism

	caricare
	to prepare a mechanism

	inizi
	earliest stage

	iniziale
	First in time, order, or sequence

	innescare
	to prepare a mechanism

	ottimo
	first in excellence, quality, or value

	preparare
	to prepare a mechanism

	primario
	first in importance, degree, or rank

	principale
	first in importance, degree, or rank

	principio
	earliest stage

	tonale
	music: first note or tone of a musical scale

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	first in importance, degree, or rank

	allo
	most active, thriving, or successful stage or period

	apice
	most active, thriving, or successful stage or period

	dare
	to apply a coat of primer paint to

	di
	first in excellence, quality, or value

	fiore degli anni
	most active, thriving, or successful stage or period

	nel
	most active, thriving, or successful stage or period

	prima categoria
	first in excellence, quality, or value

	prima qualità
	first in excellence, quality, or value

	prima scelta
	first in excellence, quality, or value

	su
	to apply a coat of primer paint to

	una
	to apply a coat of primer paint to

	vernice di fondo
	to apply a coat of primer paint to

all’apice

avviare

dare una vernice di fondo su

di prima categoria

di prima qualità

di prima scelta

fiore

fondamentale

inizio

nel fiore degli anni

Altri significati:

(transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.

(backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.

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

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

The chief or best individual or part.

(Christianity, historical) One of the daily offices of prayer of the Western Church, associated with the early morning (typically 6 a.m.).

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

First in importance, degree, or rank.

(obsolete) The early morning.

(mathematics, lay) Having no integral factors except itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).

prime (number)

(mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.

First in excellence, quality, or value.

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

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

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

The symbol: ′

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

(now rare) The earliest stage of something.