primes (noun)
1twin primes — noun plural Date: 1930 a pair of prime numbers (as 3 and 5 or 11 and 13) differing by two …
2priming — noun Date: 1598 1. the act of one that primes 2. the explosive used in priming a charge 3. primer II,2 …
3primorial — noun The product of all primes less than or equal to a stated number. The primorial of 6 is 30 …
4regular prime — noun A prime number belonging to one of the two groups that prime numbers are divided into. The other group is the irregular primes …
5sieve of Eratosthenes — noun An ancient algorithm for finding prime numbers that works by discarding multiples from a list of potential primes …
6infinitude — noun An infinite amount. Euclid proves the infinitude of primes …
7linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …
8Apostrophe — redirects here. For other uses, see (disambiguation). Apostrophes redirects here. For the music book, see Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music. For other uses, see Apostrophe (disambiguation). ’ Apostrophe …
9Oneida language — Oneida Onʌyotaʔa:ka Spoken in Canada, United States Region Six Nations Reserve, Ontario and central New York and around Green Bay, Wisconsin …
10prime´ness — prime1 «prym», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. first in rank or importance; chief: »His prime object was to get enough to eat. The community s prime need is a new school. SYNONYM(S): principal. 2. Figurative. first in time or order; primary;… …
