primitive concept
1primitive concept — noun A concept that cannot be defined in terms of other concepts …
2Concept — For other uses, see Concept (disambiguation). A concept (substantive term: conception) is a cognitive unit of meaning an abstract idea or a mental symbol sometimes defined as a unit of knowledge, built from other units which act as a concept s… …
3Primitive accumulation of capital — is a concept introduced by Karl Marx in part 8 of the first volume of Das Kapital (in German: ursprüngliche Akkumulation , literally original accumulation or primeval accumulation ). Its purpose is to help explain how the capitalist mode of… …
4primitive — [adj1] ancient, original archaic, basic, earliest, early, elementary, essential, first, fundamental, old, primal, primary, primeval, primordial, pristine, substratal, underivative, underived, underlying, undeveloped, unevolved; concept 799 Ant.… …
5primitive culture — Introduction in the lexicon of early anthropologists, any of numerous societies characterized by features that may include lack of a written language, relative isolation, small population, relatively simple social institutions and… …
6Primitive ring — In mathematics, especially in the area of abstract algebra known as ring theory, the concept of left primitive ring generalizes that of matrix algebra. Every matrix ring is the endomorphism ring of a finite dimensional vector space, but a… …
7Primitive cell — In geometry, solid state physics and mineralogy, particularly in describing crystal structure, a primitive cell, is a minimum cell corresponding to a single lattice point of a structure with translational symmetry in 2D, 3D, or other dimensions.… …
8Primitive streak — Infobox Embryology Name = Primitive streak Latin = GraySubject = 6 GrayPage = 47 Caption = Surface view of embryo of a rabbit. arg. Embryonic disk. pr. Primitive streak. Caption2 = Width = 215 System = CarnegieStage = 6b Days = 15 Precursor =… …
9Primitive Man (album) — Infobox Album Name = Primitive Man Type = studio Artist = Icehouse Caption = 1982 Australian release (Regular Records) Background = Released = Start date|1982|09|6 Recorded = Paradise Studios, Sydney; Westlake Audio, Eldorado and Musicland West… …
10concept formation — Process of developing abstract rules or mental constructs based on sensory experience. Concept formation figures prominently in cognitive development and was a subject of great importance to Jean Piaget, who argued that learning entails an… …
